Seroprevalence of hepatitis delta virus infection among subjects with underlying hepatic diseases in Chennai, southern India

Four hundred million people are carriers of hepatitis B virus (HBV) worldwide and ∼5% of these are reportedly positive for hepatitis delta virus (HDV). Several reports indicate a declining trend in the occurrence of HDV infection in the north of tropical India. To our knowledge, no study has been co...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2008-08, Vol.102 (8), p.793-796
Hauptverfasser:	Saravanan, Shanmugam, Velu, Vijayakumar, Kumarasamy, Nagalingeswaran, Shankar, Esaki Muthu, Nandakumar, Subhadra, Murugavel, Kailapuri Gangatharan, Balakrishnan, Pachamuthu, Solomon, Suniti, Thyagarajan, Sadras Panchatcharam
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Alanine Transaminase - isolation & purification Biological and medical sciences Chronic Disease Female General aspects Hepatitis Antibodies - isolation & purification Hepatitis B surface antigen Hepatitis B virus Hepatitis B virus - immunology Hepatitis B virus - isolation & purification Hepatitis B, Chronic - epidemiology Hepatitis D - epidemiology Hepatitis delta Antigens - isolation & purification Hepatitis delta virus Hepatitis Delta Virus - immunology Hepatitis Delta Virus - isolation & purification Human viral diseases Humans Immunoglobulin M - blood Immunoglobulin M - isolation & purification India India - epidemiology Infectious diseases Liver disease Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Seroepidemiologic Studies Viral diseases Viral hepatitis
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