Hepatitis viruses in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Belyhun, Yeshambel ^a,b   Maier, Melanie ^a   Mulu, Andargachew ^a,b   Diro, Ermias ^b   Liebert, Uwe Gerd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; HBV; HCV; Meta analysis; Systematic review; Viral hepatitis

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HEPATITIS VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PUBLICATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS LOAD; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BLOOD; COINFECTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; IMMUNOLOGY; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BLOOD DONORS; COINFECTION; ETHIOPIA; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS VIRUSES; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85006511962     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-016-2090-1     Document Type: Article

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