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HBV/HDV co-infection in the Western Brazilian Amazonia: an intriguing mutation among HDV genotype 3 carriers.
Journal of viral hepatitis - 1 Dec 2014
Kay A, Melo da Silva E, Pedreira H, Negreiros S, Lobato C, Braga W, Muwonge R, Dény P, Reis M, Zoulim F, Trepo C, D'Oliveira A, Salcedo J M, Schinoni M I, Parana R
Abstract excerpt
HDV infection still remains a serious public health problem in Amazonia. There are few data regarding the biomolecular aspects of HBV/HDV co-infection in this region. We studied 92 patients HBsAg(+) /anti-HDV IgG(+) followed at the Hepatitis Referral Centers of Porto Velho (RO), Rio Branco and Cruzeiro do Sul (AC), Brazil, from March 2006 to March 2007 for whom the HDV and/or the HBV genotype could be determined....
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