Prevalence and clinical features of hepatitis delta virus infection in the Miyako Islands, Okinawa, Japan

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 850-854

  Nakasone, Hiroki ^a   Sakugawa, Hiroshi ^a   Shokita, Hayashi ^a   Nakayoshi, Tomofumi ^a   Kawakami, Yuko ^a   Kinjo, Fukunori ^a   Saito, Atsushi ^a   Shinjo, Masaki ^a   Adaniya, Hiroshi ^b   Mizushima, Takuji ^b   Taira, Masaaki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b Okinawa Prefectural Miyako Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; HDV RNA; Hepatitis delta virus (HDV)

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; VIRUS CARRIER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASE SEQUENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS D; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL; RURAL POPULATION; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032449730     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005350050186     Document Type: Article

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