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Epidemiology of hepatitis δ virus infection in China
Author(s) -
KAI MAI,
ROGGENDORF MICHAEL,
ZHIHONG JIN,
SHISONG XIONG,
GUOLONG ZHAO,
GENSHAN TIAN,
DEINHARDT FRIEDRICH
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of gastroenterology and hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.214
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1440-1746
pISSN - 0815-9319
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1746.1988.tb00262.x
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , epidemiology , hbsag , virology , china , hepatitis b virus , virus , asymptomatic carrier , hepatitis , immunology , geography , archaeology
The prevalence of hepatitis δ virus (HDV) was evaluated in 1027 HBsAg positive people living in five provinces, two municipalities and four autonomous regions of China. Seventeen people had antibodies to HDV (anti‐HD — 13 of 454 asymptomatic carriers of HBsAg, two of 151 patients with chronic persistent hepatitis and two of 59 patients with chronic active hepatitis). All of those who were anti‐HD lived in the autonomous regions of Inner Mongolia, Tibet, and Xinjiang.