Prevalence and risk factors of Hepatitis C virus infection in the Upper East Region of Ghana; a community-based cross-sectional study

• Ampem Darko Jnr Siaw,

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

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Cape Coast, Ghana

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• James Amugsi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Out-patient Department, Sandema Hospital, Sandema, Ghana

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• Maame Adwoa Agyeman Owusu-Konadu,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, University of Ghana Medical Center, Accra, Ghana

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• Samuel Teye Drah,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Ledzokuku-Krowor Municipal Assembly Hospital, Accra, Ghana

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• Emmanuel Gustav Imbeah,

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

  Affiliation ACT Pathology Consult, Cape Coast, Ghana

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• Dominic Oduro-Donkor,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Warwickshire Institute for the Study of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire, Coventry, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4223-4983

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• Amoako Duah,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Ghana Medical Centre, Accra, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8104-7393

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• Yvonne Ayerki Nartey

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ynartey@uccsms.edu.gh

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Cape Coast, Ghana, Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Cape Coast, School of Medical Sciences, Cape Coast, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2891-3082

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