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Prevalence of hepatitis delta virus among chronic hepatitis B carriers in a large tertiary center in the Netherlands.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Aug 2021
Beudeker Boris J B, Voermans Jolanda J C, GeurtsvanKessel Corine H, de Knegt Robert J, Kuhlemann Tamara, Boonstra Andre, van der Eijk Annemiek A
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Hepatitis D virus infection (HDV) is considered the most severe form of viral hepatitis. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the prevalence of HDV infection in a tertiary center of a large, multi-ethnic city in the Netherlands. Moreover, we validate the reliability of a novel anti-HDV CLIA assay. METHODS: All HBsAg-positive patients visiting the outpatient clinic between 2017 and 2019 were...
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