HEPATITIS D IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS - AN UPSURGE?

Pediatric liver disease due to viruses capable of sustainedinfection includes Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and HepatitisC virus (HCV). HBV is a DNA virus and is transmittedthrough contamination with infected blood or body fluidsand also mother to infant transmission. Seroprevalence ofHBV is low in genera...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of the Dow University of Health Sciences 2009-02, Vol.3 (1), p.1-3
Hauptverfasser:	Fazal Ghani, Khalida Perveen, Naheed Khan, Muhammad Rafique, Syed Samiullah, Anjum Naqvi
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
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Zusammenfassung:	Pediatric liver disease due to viruses capable of sustainedinfection includes Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and HepatitisC virus (HCV). HBV is a DNA virus and is transmittedthrough contamination with infected blood or body fluidsand also mother to infant transmission. Seroprevalence ofHBV is low in general pediatric population.
ISSN:	1995-2198 2410-2180