Seroprevalence of hepatitis delta virus infection among subjects with underlying hepatic diseases in Chennai, southern India

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 793-796

  Saravanan, Shanmugam ^a,b   Velu, Vijayakumar ^a   Kumarasamy, Nagalingeswaran ^b   Shankar, Esaki Muthu ^b   Nandakumar, Subhadra ^a   Murugavel, Kailapuri Gangatharan ^b   Balakrishnan, Pachamuthu ^b   Solomon, Suniti ^b   Thyagarajan, Sadras Panchatcharam ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b YRG CENTRE FOR AIDS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION   (India)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B surface antigen; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis delta virus; India; Liver disease; Viral hepatitis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS DELTA ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA AGENT HEPATITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INDIA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS D; HEPATITIS DELTA ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS;

EID: 46249117799     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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