Hepatitis B infection: Evaluation of demographics and treatment of chronic hepatitis B infection in Northern-western Tanzania

• Mathias Mlewa ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mathias Mlewa, Shimba Henerico, Benson R. Kidenya, Mariam M. Mirambo, Stephen E. Mshana

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

  * E-mail: mathiasmlewa@bugando.ac.tz, mathiasxnl2021@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Mwanza University, Mwanza, Tanzania, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Catholic University of Health, and Allied Sciences, Mwanza, Tanzania

  https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7432-8723

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• Helmut A. Nyawale ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ HAN, IM, ARS, AMM, FK, HJ and SBK also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Catholic University of Health, and Allied Sciences, Mwanza, Tanzania

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• Shimba Henerico ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mathias Mlewa, Shimba Henerico, Benson R. Kidenya, Mariam M. Mirambo, Stephen E. Mshana

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Central Pathology Laboratory, Molecular Biology Laboratory, Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3659-0615

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• Ivon Mangowi ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  ¶‡ HAN, IM, ARS, AMM, FK, HJ and SBK also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Central Pathology Laboratory, Molecular Biology Laboratory, Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania

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• Aminiel Robert Shangali ,

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

  ¶‡ HAN, IM, ARS, AMM, FK, HJ and SBK also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Mwanza University, Mwanza, Tanzania

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• Anselmo Mathias Manisha ,

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

  ¶‡ HAN, IM, ARS, AMM, FK, HJ and SBK also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular biology, Mwanza University, Mwanza, Tanzania

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• Felix Kisanga ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ HAN, IM, ARS, AMM, FK, HJ and SBK also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, Mwanza University, Mwanza, Tanzania

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• Benson R. Kidenya ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mathias Mlewa, Shimba Henerico, Benson R. Kidenya, Mariam M. Mirambo, Stephen E. Mshana

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Catholic University of Health, and Allied Sciences, Mwanza, Tanzania

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• Hyasinta Jaka ,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ HAN, IM, ARS, AMM, FK, HJ and SBK also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology, Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania, Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of Health, and Allied Sciences, Mwanza, Tanzania

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8712-7976

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• Semvua B. Kilonzo ,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ HAN, IM, ARS, AMM, FK, HJ and SBK also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of Health, and Allied Sciences, Mwanza, Tanzania

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• Mariam M. Mirambo ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mathias Mlewa, Shimba Henerico, Benson R. Kidenya, Mariam M. Mirambo, Stephen E. Mshana

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Catholic University of Health, and Allied Sciences, Mwanza, Tanzania

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• Stephen E. Mshana

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mathias Mlewa, Shimba Henerico, Benson R. Kidenya, Mariam M. Mirambo, Stephen E. Mshana

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Catholic University of Health, and Allied Sciences, Mwanza, Tanzania

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