Investigating the prevalence and clinical effects of hepatitis delta viral infection in Taiwan

CONCLUSION: The prevalence of HDV and the serum HDV RNA-positive rate were low in district hospitals in Taiwan. Coexisting HDV infection did not influence the clinical manifestation of patients with chronic HBV infection in Taiwan. However, because the number of HDV RNA cases was very small, our findings may not be conclusive. Besides, since the sensitivity of current anti-HDV kit is not 100%, more sensitive methods are needed to achieve reliable prevalence data.PMID:34162528 | DOI:10.1016/j.jmii.2021.03.014
Source: Journal of Microbiology, Immunology, and Infection - Category: Microbiology Authors: Source Type: research