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Prevalence of hepatitis B and hepatitis D coinfection in asymptomatic blood donors in Iran.
APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica - 1 Mar 2014
Attaran Mona Seyed, Sharifi Zohreh, Hosseini Seyed Masoud, Samei Shahram, Ataee Zahrah
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) is a satellite virus that needs hepatitis B virus (HBV) surface antigen for amplification and transition. HDV appears in HBsAg carriers as acute coinfection and superinfection in patients with chronic hepatitis B. This coinfection leads to chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, and liver carcinoma. The aim of this study was to detect the prevalence of coinfection and superinfection of HBVs and...
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