Hepatitis delta: virological and clinical aspects

Abstract There are an estimated 400 million chronic carriers of HBV worldwide; between 15 and 20 million have serological evidence of exposure to HDV. Traditionally, regions with high rates of endemicity are central and northern Africa, the Amazon Basin, eastern Europe and the Mediterranean, the Mid...

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Main Authors: Luan Felipo Botelho-Souza, Mariana Pinheiro Alves Vasconcelos, Alcione de Oliveira dos Santos, Juan Miguel Villalobos Salcedo, Deusilene Souza Vieira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:Virology Journal
Subjects:
HDV
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12985-017-0845-y