| hepatitis delta virus in intravenous drug users in kuala lumpur. | the hepatitis delta virus (hdv) is an rna containing virus that requires hepatitis b virus (hbv) to supply the envelope proteins. hdv only infect man in the presence of hbv, either as a coinfection or as superinfection in hbv carriers. in the presence of hepatitis b infection, the hdv may cause more severe liver damage than that caused by the hepatitis b virus alone. hdv infection was studied in 44 hbsag positive serum samples collected from male intravenous drug users sent for screening to the ... | 1994 | 7845268 |