Coinfection with hepatitis B and D: Epidemiology, prevalence and disease in patients in Northern California

• Published in: Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology Vol. 28; no. 9; pp. 1521 - 1525
• Main Authors: Gish, Robert G, Yi, Debbie Hana, Kane, Steve, Clark, Margaret, Mangahas, Michael, Baqai, Sumbella, Winters, Mark A, Proudfoot, James, Glenn, Jeffrey S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Australia Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2013
• Subjects: Adult; California - epidemiology; chronic hepatitis B; chronic hepatitis C; cirrhosis; coinfection; Coinfection - complications; Coinfection - epidemiology; Coinfection - virology; DNA, Viral - blood; Female; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis B virus - isolation & purification; Hepatitis B, Chronic - complications; Hepatitis B, Chronic - epidemiology; Hepatitis B, Chronic - virology; Hepatitis C virus; Hepatitis D virus; Hepatitis D, Chronic - complications; Hepatitis D, Chronic - epidemiology; Hepatitis D, Chronic - virology; hepatitis delta virus; Hepatitis Delta Virus - isolation & purification; Humans; Liver Cirrhosis - epidemiology; Liver Cirrhosis - virology; Male; Middle Aged; Prevalence; Retrospective Studies; Viral Load; California; USA, California; chronic hepatitis B; coinfection; cirrhosis; hepatitis delta virus; chronic hepatitis C

Background and Aims With no report on the overall prevalence and ramifications of hepatitis Delta virus (HDV) infection in the United States for more than two decades, the characteristics of chronic hepatitis B virus (CHB) patients coinfected with HDV, including clinical presentation, rate of hepati...