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2218402

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-11-9
pubmed:abstractText
To study the prevalence of hepatitis delta virus (HDV) superinfection among patients with chronic hepatitis in southern Taiwan, total and IgM anti-delta antibody (anti-HD) and delta antigen (HDAg) were determined in 85 histology-proven patients with chronic hepatitis. There were 12/85 (14.1%) cases with total anti-HD; 3 of them were also positive for IgM anti-HD. Another 9 (10.6%) cases were positive for HDAg. Thus, the prevalence of HDV superinfection was 21/85 (24.7%), which was significantly higher than previous reports in southern Taiwan. The difference was not seen if anti-HD was used as the only detector. It is concluded that, when other methods are used than previously, HDV infection is more common than previously thought and there is no difference between different parts of Taiwan.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0036-5548
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
403-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Hepatitis delta virus superinfection among patients with chronic hepatitis B in southern Taiwan.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical College, Taiwan, Republic of China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study