Infection with Hepatitis Delta Virus

To the Editor: In presenting data on the post-transfusion transmission of hepatitis delta virus among carriers of the hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), Rosina et al. (June 6 issue) 1 noted that 17 of 20 patients with hemophilia who were positive for HBsAg and antibody to hepatitis delta virus (an...

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Published inThe New England journal of medicine Vol. 314; no. 8; pp. 516 - 518
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Massachusetts Medical Society 20.02.1986
Subjects
Carrier State - complications
Hemophilia A - complications
Hepatitis B - complications
Hepatitis B Antigens - analysis
Hepatitis B Surface Antigens - analysis
Hepatitis D - diagnosis
Hepatitis D - transmission
Hepatitis delta Antigens
Humans
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Summary:To the Editor: In presenting data on the post-transfusion transmission of hepatitis delta virus among carriers of the hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), Rosina et al. (June 6 issue) 1 noted that 17 of 20 patients with hemophilia who were positive for HBsAg and antibody to hepatitis delta virus (anti-HD), but only 8 of 51 hemophiliac patients who were positive for HBsAg but not for anti-HD, had presumptive diagnoses of chronic liver disease that were based on observations of abnormal levels of serum protein or persistently abnormal levels of aminotransferases. Although this observation is consistent with the well-recognized association between hepatitis . . .
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ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJM198602203140814