Prevalence of hepatitis delta virus infection among hepatitis b virus surface antigen positive patients circulating in the largest province of pakistan

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) and Hepatitis B virus (HBV) co-infection is well known to induce a spectrum of acute and chronic liver diseases which further advance to cirrhosis, fulminant hepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).&l...

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Main Authors: Awan Zunaira, Hussain Rashid, Younas Saima, Shahid Muhammad, Amin Irum, Malik Fayyaz, Idrees Muhammad, Zaidi Gulshan, Tariq Aaliyah, Parveen Khalida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-10-01
Series:Virology Journal
Online Access:http://www.virologyj.com/content/7/1/283