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Does hepatitis delta virus have a preference for hepatitis B virus genotype? A systematic review of the literature.
Journal of viral hepatitis - 1 Dec 2023
Beghin Justine, Meier-Stephenson Vanessa
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) is a deficient virus that requires the surface proteins of Hepatitis B virus (HBV) to complete its replication. HDV is thus only found in those already infected with HBV (~5% worldwide). There are eight different HDV genotypes (1-8) and 10 HBV genotypes (A-J), each having fairly distinct geographic distributions. While their pairings may be coincidental based on epidemiological...
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