Publications

hepatitis delta virus infection: a recently imported disease in new zealand.	in a study of 565 hepatitis b antigen (hbsag) positive persons from the auckland region, antibody to the hepatitis delta virus was detected in 38. the largest number were in samoans (61%) although the infection was present in some other pacific islanders. among hbsag positive healthy blood donors, antenatal patients and acute hepatitis patients between 3.8 and 4.8% were anti-delta positive; while 28% of chronic hepatitis patients were positive suggesting an association between this disease and d ...	1987	3454892
htlv-1, hiv-1, hepatitis b and hepatitis delta in the pacific and south-east asia: a serological survey.	blood samples from 13 locations in the pacific and south-east asia were tested for evidence of infection with human t-cell lymphotropic virus type-1 (htlv-1), human immunodeficiency virus (hiv-1), hepatitis b virus (hbv) and hepatitis delta virus (hdv). no samples were positive for antibody to hiv-1. antibodies to htlv-1 were found in samples from five locations, the maximum prevalence being 19%, in vanuatu. serological markers of hbv infection were found in all locations, the maximal prevalence ...	1988	2892692