Prevalence, risk factors, and viral load quantification of HBV infection among hospital patients: A cross-sectional investigation in Mogadishu, Somalia

• Bashiru Garba ,

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

  * E-mail: garba.bashiru@simad.edu.so

  Affiliations SIMAD Institute for Global Health (SIGHt), SIMAD University, Mogadishu, Somalia, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, SIMAD University, Mogadishu, Somalia, Department of Veterinary Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7295-9665

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• Amino Adan Mohamud,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, SIMAD University, Mogadishu, Somalia

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• Fartuun Hassan Mohamed,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, SIMAD University, Mogadishu, Somalia

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• Ayan Aden Moussa,

  Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, SIMAD University, Mogadishu, Somalia

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• Yusuf Yakubu,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, St. George’s University, True Blue, Grenada

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• Najib Isse Dirie,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations SIMAD Institute for Global Health (SIGHt), SIMAD University, Mogadishu, Somalia, Urology Department, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, SIMAD University, Mogadishu, Somalia

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• Aya Muktar Abdulatif,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Medical Technology, University of Tripoli, Tripoli, Libya

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• Jamal Hassan Mohamoud,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations SIMAD Institute for Global Health (SIGHt), SIMAD University, Mogadishu, Somalia, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, SIMAD University, Mogadishu, Somalia

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• Abdirasak Sharif Ali,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, SIMAD University, Mogadishu, Somalia

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• Abdurrahman Hassan Jibril

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria

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