Hepatitis Delta Virus Detected in Salivary Glands of Sjögren’s Syndrome Patients and Recapitulates a Sjögren’s Syndrome-Like Phenotype in Vivo

Abstract

Identification of HDV in pSS patients and induction of a complete pSS-like phenotype <i>in vivo</i> provides further support of a viral-mediated etiopathology in the development of pSS.