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Functional and clinical significance of hepatitis D virus genotype II infection.
Current topics in microbiology and immunology - 1 Jan 2006
Wu J C
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis D virus (HDV) infection is one of the important etiologies of fulminant hepatitis and may aggravate the clinical course of chronic HBV infection to cirrhosis and liver failure. HDV was classified into three genotypes. Recent molecular phylogenetic analysis of HDV suggests at least seven major clades. The genotype I HDV is widely spread, genotype II is found in East Asia and genotype III HDV is prevalent...
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