Current prevalence of hepatitis delta virus (HDV) infection and the range of HDV genotypes in Lebanon

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 959-962

  Ramia, S ^a   El zaatari, M ^b   Sharara, A I ^a   Ramlawi, F ^a   Farhat, B ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b Department of Laboratory Medicine   (Lebanon)

^c Al Rasoul Al Aazam Hospital   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; DELTA AGENT HEPATITIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LEBANON; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN EUROPE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS D; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMANS; LEBANON; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 34748919446     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268806007643     Document Type: Article

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