There are an estimated 400 million chronic carriers of HBV worldwide; between 15 and 20
million have serological evidence of exposure to HDV. Traditionally, regions with high rates …

Hepatitis delta is an inflammatory liver disease caused by infection with HDV. HDV is a
single-stranded circular RNA pathogen with a diameter of 36 nm. HDV is classified in the …

The genotypes of hepatitis B (HBV) and delta (HDV) viruses circulating among fulminant
hepatitis cases from the western Amazon Basin of Brazil were characterized in this study …

Approximately 18% of the global cancer burden has been attributed to infectious agents,
with estimates ranging from 7% in developed countries to about 22% in developing …

The natural history of hepatitis B virus infection is not uniform and affected from several
factors including, HBV genotype. Genotype D is a widely distributed genotype. Among …

Hepatitis Delta virus (HDV) is endemic worldwide, but its prevalence varies in different
geographical areas. While in the Brazilian Amazon, HDV is known to be endemic and to …

Southern Brazil is considered an area of low Hepatitis B endemicity, but some areas of
higher endemicity have been described in the Southwest of Paraná and Santa Catarina …

The clinical outcome of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection may be related to host and viral
genetic factors, as well as to the type of infection (monoinfection and coinfection). To analyze …

Abstract epatitis D virus (HDV) is unique in animal virology and pathology. It has a circular
RNA genome of the smallest size among human viruses, requires the hepatitis B surface …

As a deficient virus due to the lack of envelope proteins, hepatitis D virus (HDV) causes
chronic or fulminant “delta hepatitis” only in people with simultaneous hepatitis B virus (HBV) …