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Hepatitis delta virus genetic variability: from genotypes I, II, III to eight major clades?
Current topics in microbiology and immunology - 1 Jan 2006
Dény P
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis D virus (HDV) is a satellite of hepatitis B virus (HBV) for transmission and propagation, and infects nearly 20 million people worldwide. The HDV genome is composed of a compact circular single-stranded negative RNA genome with extensive intramolecular complementarity. Along with epidemiological, geographic distribution and pathological patterns, the variability of HDV has been limited to three...
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