Hepatitis B and C virus infection among healthcare workers in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Atlaw, Daniel; Sahiledengle, Biniyam; Tariku, Zerihun

doi:10.1186/s12199-021-00983-9

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Table 1 Characteristics of included studies in meta-analysis on prevalence of hepatitis B and C in Africa

From: Hepatitis B and C virus infection among healthcare workers in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Author name	Year of publication	Country	Study design	Sample size	Prevalence of HBV	Prevalence of HCV	Prevalence of HBV in nurses	Prevalence of HBV in laboratory technician	Prevalence of HBV in physician
Desalegn et al. [27]	2013	Ethiopia	Cross-sectional	254	2.4		4		3.8
Ziraba et al. [53]	2010	Uganda	Cross-sectional	370	8.1		8.61	18.18	3.8
Mueller et al. [51]	2016	Tanzania	Cross-sectional	598	7
Nail et al. [50]	2008	Sudan	Cross-sectional	211	2.3		3.1
Abiola et al. [25]	2016	Nigeria	Cross-sectional	134	1.5		1.15		2.23
Abdelwahab et al. [58]	2012	Egypt	Cross-sectional	842	1.5	16.7
Braka et al. [28]	2006	Uganda	Cross-sectional	311	9		10.58	11.11	2.44
Djeriri et al. [31]	2008	Morocco	Cross-sectional	285	5		1.5		1.85
Ngekeng et al. [48]	2018	Cameroon	Cross-sectional	281	5
Elmaghloub et al. [33]	2017	Egypt	Cross-sectional	564	1.4
Elmukashfi et al. [34]	2012	Sudan	Cross-sectional	843	6
Elduma and Saeed [36]	2006	Sudan	Cross-sectional	245	4.9
Fritzsche et al. [59]	2015	Cameroon	Cross-sectional	237	6.3	1.7	7.29	2.7	6.25
Gebremariam et al. [38]	2018	Ethiopia	Cross-sectional	332	4.52		4.3	4.44	5
Hebo et al. [60]	2019	Ethiopia	Cross-sectional	240	2.5	0.4
Mafopa et al. [62]	2019	Sierra Leone	Cross-sectional	81	4.9	2.5
Alese et al. [26]	2016	Nigeria	Cross-sectional	187	1.1
Munier et al. [63]	2013	Egypt	Cohort	597	7.3	7.2
Kisangau et al. [57]	2018	Kenya	Cross-sectional	295	4.5
Jean-Baptiste et al. [61]	2018	Ivory cost	Cross-sectional	632	8.4	1.4	19.48	28	38.14
Souly et al. [64]	2016	Moroccoo	Cross-sectional	1189	3.2	1.3	4.03	3.45	2.7
Orji et al. [47]	2020	Nigeria	Cross-sectional	236	2.1
Yizengaw et al. [43]	2018	Ethiopia	Cross-sectional	268	2.6		1.87	6.45
Ndako et al. [49]	2014	Nigeria	Cross-sectional	188	17		13.4	12.9	21.43
Elikwu et al. [32]	2016	Nigeria	Cross-sectional	100	7		7.02		5.88
Geberemicheal et al. [37]	2013	Ethiopia	Cross-sectional	110	7.3
Shao et al. [46]	2018	Tanzania	Cross-sectional	442	5.7		3.7	10.81	5.38
Sondlane et al. [45]	2016	South Africa	Cross-sectional	314	2.9
Tatsilong et al. [44]	2016	Cameroon	Cross-sectional	100	11		10.2	25
Kateera et al. [65]	2014	Rwanda	Cross-sectional	378	2.9	1.3
Elbahrawy et al. [66]	2017	Egypt	Cross-sectional	564		8.7
Akazong et al. [27]	2020	Cameroon	Cross-sectional	338	10.6		12.5	8.89	5.88
Amiwero et al. [67]	2017	Nigeria	Cross-sectional	248	11.3	2.4	13.04		11.76
Daw et al. [30]	2000	Libya	Cross-sectional	459	4
Romieu et al. [54]	1989	Senegal	Cross-sectional	775	17.8
Qin et al. [52]	2018	Sierra Leone	Cross-sectional	211	10
Elzouki et al. [35]	2014	Libya	Cohort	601	1.8		2.41	0.91	0.74
Ndongo et al. [56]	2016	Cameroon	Cross-sectional	1790	8.7
Vardas et al. [68]	2002	South Africa	Cross-sectional	399		1.8
Lungosi et al. [41]	2018	DR Congo	Cross-sectional	97	18.6
Massaquoi et al. [39]	2018	Sierra Leone	Cross-sectional	447	8.7
Mbaawuaga et al. [40]	2019	Nigeria	Cross-sectional	221	10.6		11.63
Sani et al. [69]	2011	Nigeria	Cross-sectional	100	19	5
Zayet et al. [72]	2015	Egypt	Cross-sectional	215	3.1	5.2	32		14.29
Kefenie et al. [42]	1989	Ethiopia	Cross-sectional	432	9.2		8.82	6.45
El-Sokkary et al. [70]	2017	Egypt	Cross-sectional	69		40.6
Belo et al. [55]	2000	Nigeria	Cross-sectional	167	25.7
Gyang et al. [73]	2016	Nigeria	Cross-sectional	155	8.5	6.5	2.74		3.13

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