Table 1 Study characteristics, including country and setting
From: Varicella zoster virus-associated morbidity and mortality in Africa – a systematic review
Author (year of publication) | Citation number | Country | Community OR Health facility (setting) | Study Design | Sample size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Schoub, B. D., et al. (1985) | [37] | South Africa | Community | cross-sectional | 244 |
Sixl, W. and B. Sixl-Voigt (1987) | [25] | Cape Verde | Health facility | cohort | 380 |
Ghebrekidan, H., et al. (1999) | [45] | Eritrea | Community | cross-sectional | 450 |
Poulsen, A., et al. (2002) | [22] | Guinea-Bissau | Community | cohort | 37,400 |
Poulsen, A., et al. (2005) | [23] | Guinea-Bissau | Community | cohort | 45,000 |
Selim, H. S., et al. (2007) | [35] | Egypt | Health facility | cross-sectional | 322 |
Admani, B., et al. (2008) | [38] | Kenya | Health facility | cross-sectional | 182 |
Compston, L. I., et al. (2009) | [28] | Ghana | Both | cross-sectional | 412 |
Ajayi, G. O., et al. (2011) | [44] | Nigeria | Health facility | cohort | 70 |
Hannachi, N., et al. (2011) | [42] | Tunisia | Health facility | cross-sectional | 404 |
Ben Fredj, N., et al. (2012) | [33] | Tunisia | Both | case-control | 102 |
Nahdi, I., et al. (2012) | [29] | Tunisia | Health facility | cross-sectional | 126 |
Benjamin, L. A., et al. (2013) | [34] | Malawi | Health facility | cross-sectional | 183 |
Nahdi, I., et al. (2013) | [30] | Tunisia | Health facility | cross-sectional | 47 |
Schaftenaar, E., et al. (2014) | [41] | South Africa | Health facility | cross-sectional | 405 |
Siddiqi, O. K., et al. (2014) | [32] | Zambia | Health facility | cross-sectional | 331 |
Asiki, G., et al. (2015) | [39] | Uganda | Community | case-control | 166 |
Laaks, D., et al. (2015) | [31] | South Africa | Health facility | case-control | 129 |
Leung, J., et al. (2015) | [24] | Somalis living in Kenya | Community | cross-sectional | 288 |
Rubaihayo, J., et al. (2015) | [26] | Uganda | Health facility | cohort | 5972 |