Article
Clinical features of hepatitis D.
Seminars in liver disease - 1 Aug 2012
Farci Patrizia, Niro Grazia Anna
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis D is caused by infection with hepatitis D virus (HDV), a defective RNA virus that requires the obligatory helper function of hepatitis B virus (HBV) for its in vivo transmission. Thus, HDV is acquired only by coinfection with HBV or by superinfection of an HBV carrier. The clinical outcome of hepatitis D differs according to the modality of infection. Whereas coinfection evolves to chronicity in only 2%...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
