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6696355

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-3-15
pubmed:abstractText
Over a 3-year period, 149 Yucpa Indians in Venezuela developed hepatitis; 34 persons died and at least 22 developed chronic hepatitis. Children and young adults were primarily affected, especially males. Serologic testing showed that hepatitis B virus infection was highly endemic in this population, but also that 65% of patients had hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) during or after illness. Most patients had evidence of delta-agent superinfection; 86% of HBsAg-positive patients had delta antibody, and delta antigen was found in specimens taken during autopsies on 7 of 9 patients. Serologic data suggested that most infections were due to delta superinfection of hepatitis B carriers, and that more than 60% of these infections progressed to chronic disease. Delta agent infection, and particularly delta superinfection of hepatitis B carriers, appears to be an ominous occurrence that may develop in populations among whom hepatitis B virus infection is endemic, and who have no other risk factor for delta infection.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0003-4819
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
100
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
N
pubmed:pagination
339-44
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Delta virus infection and severe hepatitis. An epidemic in the Yucpa Indians of Venezuela.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article