Correlates of hepatitis B virus awareness and disease specific knowledge in Uganda: a meta-analysis and meta-regression of studies published between 2018 and 2025

Hussein Mukasa Kafeero, Hakim Sendagire, Dorothy Ndagire, Abdul Walusansa, Ali Kudamba, Fahad Muwanda, Mariam Namusoke, Ponsiano Ocama

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DOI: 10.1186/s12879-026-14019-6
Published: 2026-07-18
Container: BMC Infectious Diseases
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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@article{allodium:10.1186/s12879-026-14019-6,
  title = {Correlates of hepatitis B virus awareness and disease specific knowledge in Uganda: a meta-analysis and meta-regression of studies published between 2018 and 2025},
  author = {Hussein Mukasa Kafeero and Hakim Sendagire and Dorothy Ndagire and Abdul Walusansa and Ali Kudamba and Fahad Muwanda and Mariam Namusoke and Ponsiano Ocama},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {BMC Infectious Diseases},
  doi = {10.1186/s12879-026-14019-6},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-026-14019-6}
}

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AU  - Hakim Sendagire
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AU  - Ali Kudamba
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AU  - Mariam Namusoke
AU  - Ponsiano Ocama
PY  - 2026
JO  - BMC Infectious Diseases
DO  - 10.1186/s12879-026-14019-6
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Kafeero, H. M., Sendagire, H., Ndagire, D., Walusansa, A., Kudamba, A., Muwanda, F., Namusoke, M., & Ocama, P. (2026). Correlates of hepatitis B virus awareness and disease specific knowledge in Uganda: a meta-analysis and meta-regression of studies published between 2018 and 2025. BMC Infectious Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-026-14019-6

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