Delta hepatitis infection in north India. A preliminary report.
There is a paucity of data on occurrence of delta hepatitis in India. We here present our preliminary data showing that delta coinfection and superinfection occur quite frequently in our set up. The coinfection rate was found to be 15% and superinfection rate 26.6% in the initial screening of 69 patients of acute and chronic liver disease.
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Singh
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Bhasin
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D000328:Adult; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000453:epidemiology; D003699:Hepatitis D / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015163:Superinfection