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Kekere-Ekun Abdulhafeez Abiola

Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, College of Medicine University of Lagos, Idi-Araba Lagos State.

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Research Article Vol. 32, Issue 1

Hepatitis D Virus: An Important Viral Agent in Hepatitis B Virus Endemic Regions a Review

Kekere-Ekun Abdulhafeez Abiola*

More than 370 million individuals worldwide are Hepatitis B virus (HB V) carriers and about 5% of these individuals are co-infected with Hepatitis D virus (HDV). Hepatitis D virus is a defective virus that requires the obligatory help of Hepatitis B virus for its replication and expression. Hepatitis D virus is known to induce acute or chronic l...

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