can indicate public health and personal hygiene practices in a community. HEV spreads
through the fecal-oral route and contaminates drinking water through sewage. Moreover,
poverty also contributes to its prevalence in developing countries, including Pakistan. A
cross-sectional study was conducted on 650 blood samples taken from suspected patients
of HEV in the Rawalpindi cantonment area (Pakistan) from April to November 2019 at the …