Hepatitis B in Ghana: a systematic review & meta-analysis of prevalence studies (1995-2015)
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- 作者：Richard Ofori-Asenso ; Akosua Adom Agyeman
- 关键词：Hepatitis B ; Viral infections ; Endemicity ; Ghana ; Meta ; analysis
- 刊名：BMC Infectious Diseases
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：December 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：16
- 期：1
- 全文大小：2,011 KB
- 刊物主题：Infectious Diseases; Parasitology; Medical Microbiology; Tropical Medicine; Internal Medicine;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1471-2334
文摘
Background Although, chronic hepatitis B (HBV) is considered to be of significant public health importance in Ghana, not many reviews detailing the burden (prevalence) of the disease have been conducted. This study was aimed at summarizing the available information and to make an accurate estimate of HBV infection prevalence in Ghana over the last two decades (1995–2015).