Evidence of infection with delta agent was sought in 284 patients with acute hepatitis B referred to Fairfield Hospital, Melbourne, between July 1, 1981, and June 30, 1982 and in 127 hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) carriers. Acute and convalescent serum samples from the patients with acute hepat
Delta agent in nondrug addicts
โ Scribed by Rafael Esteban; Maria Buti; Rosendo Jardi; Jamie Guardia; Ding-Shinn Chen; Ming-Yang Lai; Juei-Low Sung; George Papevangelou; Nicolaos Tassopoulos; Anastasia Roumeliotou-Karayannis; Clive Richardson
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 291 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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