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Epidemiology and clinical course of delta infection in Britain.

Abstract
This study demonstrates the presence of serological markers of delta infection in HBsAg positive patients throughout the years 1976-1982. As in other Northern European countries, delta infection in Britain is predominantly found in drug addicts and haemophiliacs. delta Ag was detected transiently in serum in a minority of patients presenting with acute hepatitis. In the others and those presenting with chronic liver disease, anti-delta was the only serological evidence of delta infection. Our findings also confirm that delta infection is associated with a more severe and rapidly progressive liver disease.
AuthorsA S Lok, P Farci, H C Thomas
JournalProgress in clinical and biological research (Prog Clin Biol Res) Vol. 143 Pg. 219-23 ( 1983) ISSN: 0361-7742 [Print] United States
PMID6669576 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Hepatitis B Antigens
  • Hepatitis delta Antigens
Topics
  • Acute Disease
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Child
  • Chronic Disease
  • Defective Viruses
  • Female
  • Hepatitis B Antigens (analysis)
  • Hepatitis Viruses
  • Hepatitis delta Antigens
  • Hepatitis, Viral, Human (epidemiology, immunology)
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • United Kingdom

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