Prevalence and genetic variability of occult hepatitis B virus in a human immunodeficiency virus positive patient cohort in Gondar, Ethiopia

• Nishi H. Patel,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8005-3687

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• Vanessa Meier-Stephenson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4004-4940

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• Meaza Genetu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical and Laboratory Sciences, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

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• Debasu Damtie,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical and Laboratory Sciences, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia, Food Animal Health Research Program, CFAES, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH, United States of America, Global One Health LLC, Eastern African Regional Office, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8517-7136

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• Ebba Abate,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical and Laboratory Sciences, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia, Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Shitaye Alemu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

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• Yetework Aleka,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical and Laboratory Sciences, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

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• Guido Van Marle,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5148-6229

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• Kevin Fonseca,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Provincial Laboratory for Public Health, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Carla S. Coffin,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Tekalign Deressa

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: tekalign09@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical and Laboratory Sciences, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia, Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1159-5866

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