Article
Hepatitis D virus and hepatitis B virus infection in Amerindian communities of the Amazonas state, Colombia.
Virology journal - 24 Oct 2015
di Filippo Villa Diana, Cortes-Mancera Fabian, Payares Edra, Montes Neyla, de la Hoz Fernando, Arbelaez Maria Patricia, Correa Gonzalo, Navas Maria-Cristina
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In Colombia, cases of Hepatitis D virus (HDV) infection have been officially described since 1985 mainly in Amerindian population from Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (North Caribbean Coast), Uraba (North West), and Amazon (South East). The last official report of a clinical case of HDV infection in Colombia was registered in 2005. OBJECTIVES: The aims of this study were to identify cases of HDV and/or...
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