Meta-Analysis
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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 14, 2018; 24(34): 3927-3957
Published online Sep 14, 2018. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v24.i34.3927
Epidemiology of viral hepatitis in Somalia: Systematic review and meta-analysis study
Mohamed Abdulkadir Hassan-Kadle, Mugtaba Sulaiman Osman, Pavel Petrovich Ogurtsov
Mohamed Abdulkadir Hassan-Kadle, Pavel Petrovich Ogurtsov, Center For the study of the Liver, Department of Hospital Medicine, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), Moscow 117198, Russia
Mohamed Abdulkadir Hassan-Kadle, Abrar Research and Training Center, Abrar University, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Dufle Specialist Hospital, Mogadishu 25, Somalia
Mugtaba Sulaiman Osman, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland RCSI, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland
Author contributions: Hassan-Kadle MA acquired, collected, extracted, and interpreted the data, drafted and revised the article and made the final approval; Mugtaba SO designed the study, analysis and interpreted the data, drafted the article and made the final approval; Ogurtsov PP revised the article and made the final approval.
Supported by RUDN University Program 5-100.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors deny any conflict of interest.
PRISMA 2009 Checklist statement: This systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted as PRISMA guidelines.
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Correspondence to: Mohamed Abdulkadir Hassan-Kadle, MBChB, MD, Doctor, Abrar Research and Training Center, Abrar University, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Dufle Specialist Hospital, 25 Mogadishu, Somalia. dr.kadle@abrar.edu.so
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Received: March 17, 2018
Peer-review started: March 17, 2018
First decision: April 11, 2018
Revised: May 25, 2018
Accepted: June 21, 2018
Article in press: June 21, 2018
Published online: September 14, 2018
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Core Tip

Core tip: This is the first article reviewing epidemiology of viral hepatitis in Somalia with systematic review and meta-analysis of the published and unpublished reports from 1977 to 2016 among prevalence of all types’ viral hepatitis in Somalia.