Sera from 31 patients with chronic hepatitis delta virus infection and 18 patients with acute hepatitis delta virus infection were examined for IgA class antibodies to this virus using a newly developed enzyme immunoassay. IgA antibody to hepatitis D virus was detected in 21 (67.7%) of 31 patients w
INCIDENCE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF ANTIBODIES TO DELTA ANTIGEN IN HEPATITIS B VIRUS INFECTION
โ Scribed by Rizzetto, Mario; Gocke, DavidJ.; Verme, Giorgio; Shih, JamesW.-K.; Purcell, RobertH.; Gerin, JohnL.
- Book ID
- 122452425
- Publisher
- The Lancet
- Year
- 1979
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 759 KB
- Volume
- 314
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0140-6736
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