Hepatitis B infection: Evaluation of demographics and treatment of chronic hepatitis B infection in Northern-western Tanzania
Almost all chronically HBV-infected patients attending at BMC were older than 20 years old and were significantly dominated by males. Antiviral therapy uptake was remarkably lower than expected by the WHO towards combating HBV infection by 2030.
Authors
- Felix Kisanga
- Aminiel Robert Shangali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3387-6514)
- Mariam M. Mirambo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2313-3079)
- Shimba Henerico (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3659-0615)
- Helmut Nyawale (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6916-6859)
- Hyasinta Jaka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8712-7976)
- Semvua B. Kilonzo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1197-9368)
- Anselmo Mathias Manisha
- Benson R. Kidenya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6056-4156)
- Mathias Mlewa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7432-8723)
- Ivon Mangowi
- Stephen E. Mshana
Institutions
- St. Augustine University of Tanzania (TZ)
- Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences (TZ)
- Mwanza Intervention Trials Unit (TZ)
- Bugando Medical Centre (TZ)
- Mwanza University
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2024-10-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0309314
- Primary Topic
- Hepatitis B Virus Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00