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SUBMITTER: Wu S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7397625 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wu Shanshan S Zhang Yi Y Tang Yuyan Y Yao Ting T Lv Mengjiao M Tang Zhenghao Z Zang Guoqing G Yu Yongsheng Y Chen Xiaohua X
BMC infectious diseases 20200803 1
<h4>Background</h4>Patients coinfected with HBV and hepatitis D virus (HDV) have a greater risk of HCC and cirrhosis. The current study was undertaken to assess HDV genotype distribution and determine clinical characteristics of hepatitis delta virus (HDV) among HBsAg positive individuals in Shanghai.<h4>Method</h4>This retrospective study involved 225 serum samples from HBsAg positive hospitalized patients from October 2010 to April 2013. HDV-specific RT-nested PCR was used to amplify HDV RNA. ...[more]