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[The epidemiology and screening of hepatitis D].
Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology - 20 Oct 2022
Xue F, Wei L
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis D virus (HDV) is a defective RNA virus with 8 genotypes, which requires hepatitis B virus (HBV) for its replication both in co-infection (HDV infection occurs when people become infected with both hepatitis B and D simultaneously) and super-infection (HDV infection after infected with hepatitis B). Due to persistency of anti-HDV in the superinfected patient, the most epidemiology data of HDV infection...
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