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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
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...