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
Affiliations
- Asgeir Johannessen
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Vestfold Hospital
- Alexander J. Stockdale
- Department of Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool
- Marc Y. R. Henrion
- Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme
- Edith Okeke
- Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Jos
- Moussa Seydi
- Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Centre Regional de Recherche et de Formation, Centre Hospitalier National Universitaire de Fann
- Gilles Wandeler
- Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern
- Mark Sonderup
- Division of Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town
- C. Wendy Spearman
- Division of Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town
- Michael Vinikoor
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Zambia
- Edford Sinkala
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Zambia
- Hailemichael Desalegn
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Vestfold Hospital
- Fatou Fall
- Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Hopital Principal de Dakar
- Nicholas Riches
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
- Pantong Davwar
- Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Jos
- Mary Duguru
- Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Jos
- Tongai Maponga
- Division of Medical Virology, Stellenbosch University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
- Jantjie Taljaard
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Tygerberg Hospital and Stellenbosch University
- Philippa C. Matthews
- Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford
- Monique Andersson
- Division of Medical Virology, Stellenbosch University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
- Souleyman Mboup
- L’Institut de Recherche en Santé, de Surveillance Épidémiologique et de Formations (IRESSEF)
- Roger Sombie
- Yalgado Ouédraogo University Hospital Center
- Yusuke Shimakawa
- Unité d’Epidémiologie des Maladies Emergentes, Institut Pasteur
- Maud Lemoine
- Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Division of Digestive Diseases, Hepatology section, Imperial College London
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35729-w
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 14,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 12
Abstract
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.
