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Seroprevalence of hepatitis D virus in patients with hepatitis B virus-related liver diseases.

Praloy Chakraborty, Uma Kailash, Anil Jain, Rohit Goyal, Ram Kumar Gupta, Bhudev C. Das, Premasish Kar

PubMed · 2005 · 40 citations · 12 references

Abstract

Our results suggest that delta infection may not be very common in Indian patients with HBV-related liver diseases. It is also possible that HDV epidemiology in this part of the world may be undergoing a transition towards decreasing prevalence.

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Antonina Smedile, Floriano Rosina, Giorgio Maria Saracco et al. · Hepatology · 1991 · 104 citations · Full text

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