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The hepatitis delta genotype 8 in Northeast Brazil: The North Atlantic slave trade as the potential route for infection.

Virus research - 15 Sept 2016

Santos Max Diego Cruz, Gomes-Gouvêa Michele Soares, Nunes Jomar Diogo Costa, Barros Lena Maria Fonseca, Carrilho Flair José, Ferreira Adalgisa de Sousa Paiva, Pinho João Renato Rebello

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Hepatitis Delta virus (HDV) is not well known, even though HDV and Hepatitis B virus (HBV) co-infection leads to severe forms of acute and chronic liver diseases. HDV is endemic in the Western Amazon region. Recently, the HDV genotype 8 was found in chronic patients followed at the center for liver studies in the Northeast Brazil, Maranhão. Previous studies suggested that this genotype was introduced in Maranhão...

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PMID: 27515509
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2016.08.003

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