title: [The investigation of hepatitis D virus infection situation in the human with HBsAg in Foshan of Guangdong province].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the seroprevalence of hepatitis D virus in Foshan of Guangdong province, to provide the data for the study about it in China.
  
  
  METHODS
  ELISA kits from two different companies were used for detecting anti-HDV IgG of all the serum samples, and then RT-PCR was carried out about the selected serum to ensure the results. All the serum samples were collected in 2011 in The First People's Hospital of Foshan.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results from two ELISA kits and RT-PCR were identical. Eight samples were positive.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The seroprevalence rate of HDV in Foshan is higher than that in China. It has no statistically significant difference between female and male. Morever, the older with HBsAg are susceptible to HDV.
authors.affiliation: The First People's Hospital of Foshan, Guangdong 528000, China.
authors.forename: Wei-Xua
authors.initials: WX
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jun-Ying
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Xue-Xin
authors.initials: XX
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Qiu-Dong
authors.initials: QD
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Yao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.forename: Zhi-Yuan
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: Rui-Guang
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.forename: Sheng-Li
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Bi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D060085:Coinfection / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000097:blood*; D003699:Hepatitis D / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens