Hepatitis D: The comeback?

Liver International

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 140-142

  Rizzetto, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

HDV; HDV epidemiology; HDV infection; Hepatitis delta

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DELTA AGENT HEPATITIS; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPE; HEPATITIS D; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; VACCINATION;

EID: 59149083576     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2008.01937.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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