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SynthesisEnvironmental health and preventive medicine2021

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

Daniel Atlaw, Biniyam Sahiledengle, Zerihun Tariku

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Synthesis in Environmental health and preventive medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Daniel AtlawDepartment of Human Anatomy, School of Medicine, Goba Referral Hospital, Madda Walabu University, Goba, Ethiopia. danielatmwu@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2968-4958
Biniyam SahiledengleDepartment of Public Health, School of Health Science, Goba Referral Hospital, Madda Walabu University, Goba, Ethiopia.
Zerihun TarikuDepartment of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dire Dawa University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia.
Madda Walabu University · ETDire Dawa University · ET

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHealthcare workers are at risk of acquiring hepatitis B and C virus infections through patients' blood and bodily fluids exposure. So far, there is no pooled data that shows the prevalence of HBV and HCV among health care workers in Africa. This study aimed to determine the pooled prevalence of hepatitis B and C infections among health care workers in Africa.

methodsStudies reporting the prevalence of HBV and HCV were identified from major databases and gray literature. PubMed, CINAHL, POPLINE, ScienceDirect, African Journals Online (AJOL), and Google Scholar were systematically searched to identify relevant studies. A random-effect model was used to estimate the pooled prevalence of hepatitis B and C among health care workers in Africa. The heterogeneity of studies was assessed using Cochran Q statistics and I

resultIn total, 1885 articles were retrieved, and 44 studies met the inclusion criteria and included in the final analysis. A total of 17,510 healthcare workers were included. The pooled prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection among health care workers in Africa is estimated to be 6.81% (95% CI 5.67-7.95) with a significant level of heterogeneity (I

conclusionOverall, one in fifteen and more than one in twenty healthcare workers were infected by HBV and HCV, respectively. The high burden of HBV and HCV infections remains a significant problem among healthcare workers in Africa.

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AfricaHealth PersonnelHepacivirusHepatitis BHepatitis B virusHepatitis CHumansOccupational DiseasesOccupational ExposureAfricaHealth care workersHepatitis BHepatitis C

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PMID34078258
PMCPMC8173813
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