Delta hepatitis: first case identified in South Carolina.
Reports now document hepatitis D infection in diverse clinical settings in the United States, indicating that the infection is becoming more common. The demonstration of the first case of Delta hepatitis in South Carolina emphasizes the need for a high index of suspicion for infection by this virus in the evaluation of patients with hepatitis.
White
W P
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Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425.
Arterburn
J N
JN
Marsh
W H
WH
D000293:Adolescent; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000150:complications; D003699:Hepatitis D / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013022:South Carolina / Q000453:epidemiology