[Delta agent].
Delta agent was found in subjects carrying B hepatitis or its. It is detectable with radio-immuno-assays and the anti-delta agent antibody. It could have a pathogenic effect on chronic hepatitis exacerbation and was found in cases of liver adenocarcinomas in marmots. It seems to be acting through a direct cytopathogenic process. Its genome is made of very low molecules weight ARN which actually is a possible intermediary between animal ARN viruses and the vegetal viroïds.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000276:immunology; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D002353:Carrier State / Q000382:microbiology; D003673:Defective Viruses / Q000472:pathogenicity; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006510:Hepatitis B Antibodies / Q000032:analysis; D006511:Hepatitis B Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology
D006510:Hepatitis B Antibodies; D006511:Hepatitis B Antigens
L'agent delta.