Frequency of Bacterial and Viral Infections in theEnvironment of Different Areas of Karachi

Karachi, the capital of Sindh is the largest citywith the health issues caused by air andwaterpollution, improper sanitation and unhygienic measures. This study focuses on survey the humanhealth issues of bacterial and viral pathogens in different age groups of the male and femalepatients. A total of 305 and 259 (total 564) different samples of stool and blood of the male andfemale patients of1-15; 16-30, 31-45 and 46-60agegroups fromLiyari (LY), Baldia Town (BT),Orangi Town (OT), Sachal Goth (SCG), Sohrab Goth (SBG) and Korangi Industrial Area (KIA)were collected to determine the occurrence (percentage) of major diseases prevailing in theenvironment of Karachi.In this study, the bacterial isolates were identified by culturing on Bloodagar, MacConkey’s agar and Pylori agar forE.coli, Shigella dysenteryandHelicobacter pylorirespectively. HBVsAg method was used to detect the presence ofantibodies in patients’ serum.Our results revealed the greater prevalence ofE. coli/Shigella dysenteryinfection in females andmales at SCG;Helicobacter pyloriinfection in at BT in males and no infection was observed infemales and HBV infection resulted at greater ration in both genders at OT in 1-15 years of agerespectfully. The observation of 16-30 years of age groups revealed greater occurrence ofE. coli/Shigella dysenterySCG in males and in females at LY;Helicobacter pyloriinfection at LY inmales and in females at KIA, whereas HBV infection at LY and KIA in males and females,respectively. The age groups 31-45 years showed greater incidence ofE. coli/Shigella dysenteryinfection at LY and KIA;Helicobacter pyloriinfection at SCH and OT in females and males,whereas HBV resulted greatly at LY in males and in females at LY and OT, respectively. Thefindings ofE. coli/Shigella dysentery; Helicobacter pyloriinfections revealed the greaterincidence at LY, BT, LY, BT in males and females, respectively, whereas the HBV was observedat KIA in both genders of 46-60 years of age groups.These observations are the alarming increasein the risk factors and the dissemination of infections with greater morbidity and mortality rates inKarachi.