Nature Communications (Jan 2023)

Systematic review and individual-patient-data meta-analysis of non-invasive fibrosis markers for chronic hepatitis B in Africa

  • Asgeir Johannessen,
  • Alexander J. Stockdale,
  • Marc Y. R. Henrion,
  • Edith Okeke,
  • Moussa Seydi,
  • Gilles Wandeler,
  • Mark Sonderup,
  • C. Wendy Spearman,
  • Michael Vinikoor,
  • Edford Sinkala,
  • Hailemichael Desalegn,
  • Fatou Fall,
  • Nicholas Riches,
  • Pantong Davwar,
  • Mary Duguru,
  • Tongai Maponga,
  • Jantjie Taljaard,
  • Philippa C. Matthews,
  • Monique Andersson,
  • Souleyman Mboup,
  • Roger Sombie,
  • Yusuke Shimakawa,
  • Maud Lemoine

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35729-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Authors carry out a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the performance of fibrosis biomarkers for the diagnosis of fibrosis and cirrhosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection living in sub-Saharan Africa.