| detection of anti-delta antibodies among acute hepatitis b virus-infected patients. | a total of 130 acute hbsag-positive subjects were tested for the presence of delta hepatitis antibodies (anti-hd). of the 130 subjects, 56 were females and 74 were males. all patients were individuals attending the two teaching hospitals, i.e., parirenyatwa and harare central hospitals. all the sera were examined by the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa), and results were read spectrophotometrically at a wavelength of 492 nm. of 130, 11 (19.64%) males had anti-hd present in the serum with ... | 1988 | 3171559 |