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Epidemiology of Hepatitis Delta Virus infection in HIV-infected individuals in Taiwan

Authors :
Jaw-Ching Wu
Bo-Sean Hu
Shiou-Haur Liang
Fan-Ceng Zheng
Susan Shin-Jung Lee
Chung-Hsu Lai
Jin-Long Lin
Ming-Lung Yu
Hsi-Hsun Lin
Wen-Chien Ko
Source :
Retrovirology
Publication Year :
2012
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2012.

Abstract

HIV-infected individuals are at higher risk for acquiring HDV. We sought to study the prevalence, genotypes, and associated risk factors causing HDV infection in HIV-infected individuals from an area with high prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection.

Details

ISSN :
17424690
Volume :
9
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Retrovirology
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....780eb7f230096931860da5b9b080da12
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1186/1742-4690-9-s1-p49