The Prevalence and Genotype Distribution of Hepatitis C Virus in Kenya: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hepatitis C (HCV) is a virus that causes chronic liver disease, end-stage cirrhosis, and liver cancer, yet most infected individuals remain undiagnosed or untreated. Kenya is a country located in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) where the prevalence of HCV remains high but with uncertain disease burden due to little population-based evidence of the epidemic. We aimed to highlight the HCV disease burden in Kenya with a summary of the available data.

Methods

The study was performed as per the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (PRISMA) guidelines. We searched publications reporting HCV prevalence and genotypes in Kenya between January 2000 to December 2022. The effect size, i.e., the HCV prevalence, was defined as the proportion of samples tes

SUBMITTER: Makokha GN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11442939 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature