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Table 1 Eligibility criteria

From: Helicobacter pylori infections in Ethiopia; prevalence and associated factors: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Inclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

• Country and setting: Ethiopia and any setting

• Study design: any study design

• Outcome: reported the prevalence or number of H.pylori cases and sample size

• Type of articles: full text and peer-reviewed; published in English language

• Publication year: up to June 30, 2018

• Types of diagnosis: reported any laboratory tests

• Evaluation of diagnostic tests and antimicrobial sensitivity

• Systematic reviews and meta-analysis

• Studies on virulence factor genes

• Studies on age at acquisition of H.pylori infection and its effect

• Studies emerged from single cohort study with similar prevalence report