Hepatitis delta in Switzerland: A silent epidemic

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 141, Issue MARCH, 2011, Pages

  Genné, Daniel ^a   Rossi, Isabelle ^a  

^a Hopital de la Chaux de Fonds   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Co infection hepatitis B and D; Epidemiology; Hepatitis delta; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; EFAVIRENZ PLUS EMTRICITABINE PLUS TENOFOVIR DISOPROXIL; HEPATITIS B ANTIGEN; INTERFERON; LAMIVUDINE; NUCLEOSIDE ANALOG; PEGINTERFERON;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; DELTA AGENT HEPATITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER GRAFT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SWITZERLAND; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS LOAD; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS D; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955792134     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2011.13176     Document Type: Article

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