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Characterization of the Genotypic Profile of Hepatitis Delta Virus: Isolation of HDV Genotype-1 in the Western Amazon Region of Brazil.
Intervirology - 1 Jan 2015
Botelho-Souza Luan Felipo, Souza Vieira Deusilene, de Oliveira Dos Santos Alcione, Cunha Pereira André Vinycius, Villalobos-Salcedo Juan Miguel
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: The hepatitis delta virus (HDV) is a hepatotropic subvirus that is dependent on the hepatitis B virus (HBV) and supplies the viral envelope containing the surface antigen of hepatitis B. Viral genetic diversity is related to the geographical origin of the isolates, and there are at least eight genotypes that are referred to as HDV-1 through HDV-8. HDV-3 is responsible for epidemics of severe and...
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