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A genotype of hepatitis D virus that occurs in northern South America.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 1 Oct 1993
Casey J L, Brown T L, Colan E J, Wignall F S, Gerin J L
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis D virus (HDV) is the cause of an unusually severe form of liver disease with distinct histologic features (morula cell) that occurs throughout northern South America and certain other areas of the world. Clinical studies of HDV disease worldwide indicate that there is, in fact, a wide variation in pathogenesis, and the reasons for these differences are presently unknown. One possible explanation is that...
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