Prevalence of HIV and HCV among injecting drug users in three selected WHO-EMRO countries: a meta-analysis

Table 5 Key characteristics of included studies on co-infection of HIV and HCV

Author	Country	Year of Publication	Design	Setting	Sample Size	Co-infection of HIV and HCV	JBI Score
Alavi et al. [75]	Iran	2009	Cross-sectional	Hospital	142	8.5%	6
Davoodian et al. [23]	Iran	2009	Cross-sectional	Prison	249	14.5%	8
Hosseiniet al. [24]	Iran	2010	Cross-sectional	Detention center	417	24%	7
Javadi et al. [18]	Iran	2013	Cross-sectional	Drop in center	539	1.1%	9
Rahimi-Mofaghar et al. [16]	Iran	2010	Cross-sectional	Treatment center and Community	895	8.7%	8
Ramezani et al. [32]	Iran	2014	Cross-sectional	Clinic	100	15%	6
Sofian et al. [33]	Iran	2012	Cross-sectional	Detention center	153	5.2%	6
Zamani et al. [20]	Iran	2007	Cross-sectional	Drop in center and Community	202	9.4%	7
Alavi et al. [46]	Iran	2007	Cross-sectional	Hospital	154	50%	7
Honarvar et al. [74]	Iran	2013	Cross-sectional	Counseling center	233	6.4%	7
Achakzai et al. [37]	Pakistan	2007	Cross-sectional	Community	50	20%	3
Escudero et al. [71]	Afghanistan	2014	Cross-sectional	Community	548	6.8%	7
Nasir et al. [9]	Afghanistan	2011	Cross-sectional	Community	623	1.8%	7
Todd et al. [38]	Afghanistan	2007	Cross-sectional	Clinic	464	1.5%	8
Todd et al. yyy(12)	Afghanistan	2011	Cross-sectional	Community	483	1.7%	7

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