Circulation of hepatitis delta virus and occult hepatitis B virus infection amongst HIV/HBV co-infected patients in Korle-Bu, Ghana

• Keren Attiku,

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

  Affiliations West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens, Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana, Department of Virology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7652-4041

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• Joseph Bonney ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kbonney@noguchi.ug.edu.gh (JB); oquaye@ug.edu.gh (OQ)

  Affiliations West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens, Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana, Department of Virology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0301-8145

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• Esinam Agbosu,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens, Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana, Department of Virology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

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• Evelyn Bonney,

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

  Affiliations West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens, Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana, Department of Virology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

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• Peter Puplampu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Fevers Unit, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana

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• Vincent Ganu,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Fevers Unit, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana

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• John Odoom,

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

  Affiliations West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens, Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana, Department of Virology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

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• James Aboagye,

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

  Affiliation Department of Virology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9266-460X

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• John Mensah,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Fevers Unit, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana

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• Seth Agyemang,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens, Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana, Fevers Unit, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5920-9656

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• Yaw Awuku-Larbi,

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

  Affiliation School of Public Health, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Augustina Arjarquah,

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

  Affiliations West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens, Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana, Department of Virology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

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• Gifty Mawuli,

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

  Affiliation Department of Virology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

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• Osbourne Quaye

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

  * E-mail: kbonney@noguchi.ug.edu.gh (JB); oquaye@ug.edu.gh (OQ)

  Affiliation West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens, Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0621-876X

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