Table 3.

Prevalence rate and quality score of the studies in the meta-analysis by prevalence (n=15).

Study	Sample size (n)	HEV IgG positive (n)	Prevalence (%)	Quality score (average)	Ref.
Musa	93	57	61.29	7	37
Niguse	846	359	42.43	8	49
Abebe	386	122	31.61	8	46
Tekeste	153	41	26.80	6	47
De Paschale	278	62	22.30	7	41
Rui	225	49	21.78	7	48
Cong	990	161	16.26	7	38
Obiri-Yeboah	398	48	12.06	8	50
Gu	497	55	11.07	7	39
Florence	179	19	10.61	6	44
Alkali	182	18	9.89	6	43
Noufensi	200	18	9.00	6	42
Mamani	1050	78	7.43	8	37
Farshadpour	1331	83	6.24	8	51
La Fauci	352	12	3.41	6	45