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Table 2 Characteristics of the included studies in the systematic review and meta-analysis for the prevalence of hepatitis B virus in East Africa

From: Prevalence and predictors of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in east Africa: evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological studies published from 2005 to 2020

First author, Year

Year

Country

Sampling technique

Sample

HBsAg+

Detection method

QS

Mutagoma et al., 2017 [26] (1)

2017

Rwanda

Entire

13,121

486

AAS

9

Hasegawa I et al., 2006 [27] (2)

2006

Tanzania

voluntary

457

22

CLEIA

7

Twagirumugabe et al., 2017 [28] (3)

2017

Rwanda

Entire

13,637

559

CMIA

8

Bwogi et al., 2009 [29] (4)

2009

Uganda

Probability

5875

606

EIA

9

Kwizera R et al., 2018 [9] (5)

2018

Burundi

Entire

8993

94

EIA

7

Matee et al., 2006 [30] (6)

2006

Tanzania

Entire

1599

141

EIA

8

Mueller et al., 2015 [31] (7)

2015

Tanzania

Entire

598

42

EIA

8

Bayo P, et al., 2014 [32] (8)

2014

Uganda

Probability

402

47

ELISA

8

Bongomin P et al., 2005 [33] (9)

2005

Uganda

Entire

170

19

ELISA

8

Harania RS et al., 2008 [34] (10)

2008

Kenya

Entire

378

23

ELISA

7

Iradukunda et al., 2020 [35] (11)

2020

Rwanda

Random

374

24

ELISA

8

Kirbak et al., 2017 [36] (12)

2017

South Sudan

Probability

280

31

ELISA

8

Makuza et al., 2019 [37] (13)

2019

Rwanda

Probability

327,360

12,865

ELISA

9

Muriuki et al., 2013 [38] (14)

2013

Kenya

Probability

300

21

ELISA

7

Ngaira et al., 2016 [39] (15)

2016

Kenya

Entire

287

11

ELISA

7

Pirillo et al., 2007 [40] (16)

2007

Uganda

Entire

164

8

ELISA

7

Rachel et al., 2018 [13] (17)

2018

Uganda

Entire

8042

359

ELISA

8

Rusine et al., 2013 [41] (18)

2013

Rwanda

Voluntary

402

21

ELISA

7

Telatela SP et al., 2007 [42] (19)

2007

Tanzania

Entire

167

2

ELISA

7

Umutesi et al., 2017 [43] (20)

2017

Rwanda

voluntary

117,258

5042

ELISA

7

Ziraba et al., 2010 [44] (21)

2010

Uganda

Entire

370

30

ELISA

8

Rashid S et al., 2014 [45] (22)

2014

Tanzania

Consecutive

310

12

MEIA

7

Bartonjo, G et al., 2019 [46] (23)

2019

Kenya

Probability

594

33

RDT

8

Geffert et al., 2020 [47] (24)

2020

Tanzania

Entire

723

22

RDT

7

Hawkins C et al., 2013 [48] (25)

2013

Tanzania

Entire

17,539

1079

RDT

8

Kamenya et al., 2017 [49] (26)

2017

Tanzania

Entire

300

7

RDT

8

Kapinga, D. R. 2017 [50] (27)

2017

Tanzania

Random

600

31

RDT

8

Kateera F et al., 2015 [10] (28)

2015

Rwanda

Entire

371

11

RDT

8

Kayondo SP et al., 2019 [11] (29)

2019

Uganda

Probability

340

10

RDT

8

Kilonzo SB et al., 2017 [51] (30)

2017

Tanzania

Entire

743

49

RDT

7

Kerubo G et al., 2015 [52] (31)

2015

Kenya

voluntary

268

56

RDT

7

Kerubo G et al., 2015 [52] (31)

2015

Kenya

voluntary

1041

117

RDT

7

Mirambo MM et al.,2016 [8] (32)

2016

Tanzania

Entire

211

8

RDT

8

Ng’wamkai et al., 2019 [53] (33)

2019

Tanzania

Entire

499

29

RDT

8

Ochola et al., 2013 [6] (34)

2013

Uganda

Probability

790

139

RDT

8

Shao R, et al., 2018 [54] (35)

2018

Tanzania

Entire

442

25

RDT

8

Chiesa et al., 2020 [55] (36)

2020

Uganda

Probability

950

75

RDT

8

  1. EIA Enzyme Immunoassay, ELISA Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay, RDT Rapid Diagnostic Test, CMIA Chemiluminescent Micro-particles Immunoassay, MEIA Micro-particle Enzyme Immunoassay, CLEIA Chemiluminescent enzyme Immunoassay, QS Quality score, HBsAg Hepatitis B Surface Antigen