Hepatitis B virus (HBV)/hepatitis D virus (HDV) coinfection in outbreaks of acute hepatitis in the Peruvian amazon basin: The roles of HDV genotype III and HBV genotype F

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 174, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 920-926

  Casey, John L ^a   Niro, Grazia A ^b   Engle, Ronald E ^c   Vega, Antonio ^c   Gomez, Humberto ^c   McCarthy, Michael ^c   Watts, Douglas M ^c   Craig Hyams, K ^c   Gerin, John L ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA AGENT HEPATITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0029859298     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/174.5.920     Document Type: Article

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