## Abstract A seroepidemiological study on hepatitis delta virus (HDV) infection was conducted in the Okiβnawan islands, the area of Japan where hepatitis B virus infection is most prevalent. The subjects of this study included 116 asymptomatic hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) carriers, 48 patie
Decrease of hepatitis A and B virus infections in the population of Okinawa, Japan
β Scribed by Akinori Noguchi; Jun Hayashi; Koya Nakashima; Hideyuki Ikematsu; Miki Hirata; Seizaburo Kashiwagi
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 468 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0163-4453
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