Seroprevalence of HDV among non-hospitalized HBsAg positive patients from KPK-region of Pakistan

Objective: To study the seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis delta virus (HDV) infections in patients visiting outpatient department of a major tertiary care hospital in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region of Pakistan. Methods: Blood samples were collected from non-hospitalized patients. Se...

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Main Authors: Ismail Jalil, Muhammad Arshad, Zara Rafaque, Fazle Raziq, Robina Wazir, Sajid Malik, Javid Iqbal Dasti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-07-01
Series:Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine
Subjects:
HBV
HCV
HDV
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2221169116300533