A systematic review of Hepatitis B virus (HBV) drug and vaccine escape mutations in Africa

We have undertaken a systematic review of Hepatitis B virus (HBV) drug resistance associated mutations (RAMs) and vaccine escape mutations (VEMs) in Africa to quantify the prevalence, co-occurrence and geographic distribution of known mutations. The files shared here provide details of the search strategy used to identify studies on HBV resistance RAMs and VEMs conducted in Africa, from PubMed, SCOPUS and EMBASE database. We have also provided the full details of 37 studies identified by this systematic literature search of HBV RAMs and VEMs from African cohorts published between 2007 and 2017 (inclusive).