Increasing Incidence of Recent Hepatitis D Virus Infection in HIV-Infected Patients in an Area Hyperendemic for Hepatitis B Virus Infection | Zendy

ChienChing Hung | Zendy; ShihMin Liu Wu | Zendy; PiHan Lin | Zendy; WangHuei Sheng | Zendy; Zong-Yu Yang | Zendy; HsinYun Sun | Zendy; MaoSong Tsai | Zendy; KuanYeh Lee | Zendy; M.B. Huang | Zendy; Shu-Fang Chang | Zendy; YiChing Su | Zendy; WenChun Liu | Zendy; SuiYuan Chang | Zendy

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Increasing Incidence of Recent Hepatitis D Virus Infection in HIV-Infected Patients in an Area Hyperendemic for Hepatitis B Virus Infection

Author(s) -

ChienChing Hung,

ShihMin Liu Wu,

PiHan Lin,

WangHuei Sheng,

Zong-Yu Yang,

HsinYun Sun,

MaoSong Tsai,

KuanYeh Lee,

M.B. Huang,

Shu-Fang Chang,

YiChing Su,

WenChun Liu,

SuiYuan Chang

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciu127

Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , virology , hepatitis a virus , virus , hepatitis , hepatitis b virus , viral disease , syphilis , hepatitis a , immunology , hepatitis b , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , physics , optics

Superinfection with hepatitis D virus (HDV) may increase the risk for hepatitis flares and chronic hepatic complications in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. This retrospective observational study aimed to examine the incidence of and factors associated with recent HDV superinfection among individuals coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and HBV.

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