Tinea capitis among schoolchildren in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Tinea capitis accounts for25 to 30% of all fungal infections, but it is often ignored because it is not life threatening in nature. It is more common among schoolchildren particularly in developing countries. Due to the presence of significant variability among the previous studies, this study was conducted to provide a pooled prevalence and associated factors of tinea capitis in Ethiopian schoolchildren.

Method

We conducted a systematic search in five major databases for articles similar to our topic. This review included school-based cross-sectional studies that were reported in English and conducted from 2006 through 2022. The data were extracted using Microsoft Excel and further analysis was done using StataTM Version 17.0 statistical software. Forest plots we

SUBMITTER: Birhanu MY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9916598 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature