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Hepatitis Delta Virus Infection in Acute Hepatitis in Kuwait
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Al-Kandari, Saleh Nordenfelt, Erik Al-Nakib, Basil Hansson, Bengt-Göran Ljunggren, Karin Al-Nakib, Widad |
| Copyright Year | 1988 |
| Description | Over a period of 1 year, 254 patients presenting with acute hepatitis at the Infectious Disease Hospital, Kuwait were positive for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). Of these, 23 (9%) patients were found to have antibodies to hepatitis D virus (HDV) (anti-HDV). Eight of these anti-HDV positive patients were shown to have a coinfection with acute hepatitis B and 8 had a superinfection of HDV on a chronic HBsAg infection. The remaining 7 had had a previous HDV infection and were also chronic carriers of HBsAg. The cause of the acute hepatitis in this group was probably non-A, non-B virus(es). The prevalence of anti-HDV was 4% among patients with acute hepatitis B and 31% among carriers of HBsAg. In the coinfection group, 5/8 patients recovered completely, 1 developed chronic active hepatitis and 1 died due to fulminant hepatitis, while 1 patient was lost to follow up. 5/8 patients with superinfection developed chronic hepatitis on follow-up, 2 died while only 1 patient recovered completely. In the group of patients with previous delta infection, 5/7 recovered from the acute bout of hepatitis while 1 patient developed chronic active hepatitis and 1 was lost to follow-up. |
| Related Links | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.3109/00365548809117212 |
| Ending Page | 19 |
| Page Count | 5 |
| Starting Page | 15 |
| ISSN | 00365548 |
| e-ISSN | 16511980 |
| DOI | 10.3109/00365548809117212 |
| Journal | Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Volume Number | 20 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 1988-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Journal: Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases Tropical Medicine Acute Hepatitis Infection Kuwait Hepatitis Delta Virus |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Infectious Diseases Immunology and Microbiology Microbiology (medical) |
