ArticleJournal of tropical medicine2024
Prevalence of Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Tanzania: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The epidemiology of hepatitis b virus infection in Uganda after two decades of vaccination: a meta-analysis and meta-regression.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Pooled it
- Health-related quality of life in adults with hepatitis B in sub-Saharan Africa: the added burden of HIV co-infection.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Observational
- Hepatitis B vaccine uptake, completion, and associated factors among university students in Tanzania: a mixed method study at KCMC University, Moshi, Tanzania.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Prevalence and Determinants of Hepatitis B Vaccination Coverage Among Medical Students in Tanzania: A Multicenter University-Based Survey.Health science reports · 2026Article
- HIV and Hepatitis B co-infection in Tanzania: Analysis of the 2022-2023 Tanzania HIV Impact Survey.PloS one · 2026Article
- Prevalence and factors associated with Hepatitis B infection in the general population: a cross-sectional study in Moshi municipality, North-Eastern Tanzania.African health sciences · 2025Article
- Community-Based Point-of-Care Screening for Hepatitis B Virus and Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Rural Tanzania.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2025Article
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- Prevalence and associated factors for HIV, HBV and syphilis coinfections among pregnant women attending antenatal care in Tanzania.PloS one · 2025Article
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Abstract
Methods: We systematically searched the PubMed, Web of Science, African Journals Online, Embase, Cochrane Library, and Google Scholar databases for studies conducted up to March 1, 2023, that estimated the prevalence of HBV in Tanzania based on HBV surface antigen measurements. The DerSimonian-Laird random effects model was used to estimate the overall prevalence of HBV with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Potential sources of heterogeneity were also investigated. Results: Thirty-one studies with a total sample size of 37,988 were included in the meta-analysis. The overall average HBV prevalence estimate in Tanzania was 6.91% (95% CI = 5.18-8.86%). Subgroup analysis revealed the highest prevalence in the northern zone (9.32%, 95% CI; 2.24-20.36%), among the blood donors (18.72%, 95% CI: 17.43-20.05%) and among the community volunteers (8.76%, 95% CI: 4.55-14.15%). The lowest prevalence was observed in the lake zone at 4.66% (95% CI: 3.49-5.99) and in pregnant women at 4.72% (95% CI: 3.42-6.21). The overall between-study variability showed significant heterogeneity ( Conclusions: Our results showed that Tanzania is a country with moderately high HBV endemicity, with large interregional differences and significantly high numbers of HBV infections within the community. This underscores the need for immediate development of targeted prevention strategies and further epidemiological studies to better understand the pattern of the disease.
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