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The medical impact of hepatitis D virus infection in Asia and Africa; time for a reappraisal
Author(s) -
Rizzetto Mario,
Hamid Saeed
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
liver international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.873
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1478-3231
pISSN - 1478-3223
DOI - 10.1111/liv.14729
Subject(s) - medicine , modalities , disease , virology , hepatitis d virus , hepatitis , virus , hepatitis b virus , immunology , pathology , social science , sociology , hbsag
Although hepatitis D is believed to be an important medical problem in Africa and many areas of Asia, the geographical distribution and prevalence rates of infection with the hepatitis D virus (HDV) vary considerably, are often inconsistent and sometimes conflicting. Discrepancies may depend on methodological problems, primarily on different modalities of patients' recruitment; these are analysed in this mini‐review, in order to provide a uniform clinical approach when testing patients with chronic HDV disease.