The medical impact of hepatitis D virus infection in Asia and Africa; time for a reappraisal

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 meth...

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Published in:Liver international Vol. 41; no. 1; pp. 16 - 19
Main Authors: Rizzetto, Mario, Hamid, Saeed
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.01.2021
Subjects:
Geographical distribution
Hepatitis
hepatitis D
hepatitis D virus
hepatitis delta
Hepatitis delta virus
Infections
Patients
Viruses
Asia
Africa
hepatitis D virus
hepatitis D
hepatitis delta
ISSN:1478-3223, 1478-3231, 1478-3231
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Summary: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.
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ISSN:1478-3223
1478-3231
1478-3231
DOI:10.1111/liv.14729