## 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
Prevalence and clinical features of hepatitis delta virus infection in the Miyako Islands, Okinawa, Japan
β Scribed by Hiroki Nakasone; Hiroshi Sakugawa; Hayashi Shokita; Tomofumi Nakayoshi; Yuko Kawakami; Fukunori Kinjo; Atsushi Saito; Masaki Shinjo; Hiroshi Adaniya; Takuji Mizushima; Masaaki Taira
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 76 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0944-1174
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