| prevalence of hepatitis delta (delta) virus infection. a seroepidemiologic study. | in assessing the prevalence of hepatitis delta (delta) virus (hdv) infection in 358 patients with acute hepatitis b seen in los angeles between 1983 and 1985 and in 196 patients with chronic hepatitis b followed between 1980 and 1985, we found that 23% of patients with chronic and 5% of patients with acute hepatitis b were infected with hdv. among patients with chronic hepatitis b, the prevalence of hdv infection was 73% in intravenous drug users and 14% in homosexual men. acute coinfection with ... | 1988 | 3363963 |
| experience with human immunodeficiency virus infection in patients with hepatitis b virus and hepatitis delta virus infections in los angeles, 1977-1985. | stored serum specimens from 723 patients with acute hepatitis b and 228 patients with chronic hepatitis b seen between 1977 and 1985 in the hepatitis clinic of the los angeles county-university of southern california medical center, los angeles, ca, were tested for antibody to human immunodeficiency virus (anti-hiv). risk factors were ordered hierarchically; cases with multiple risk factors were tabulated only in the risk group listed first on the clinic records. anti-hiv was first detected in 1 ... | 1988 | 3369423 |
| coinfection with hepatitis b and d: epidemiology, prevalence and disease in patients in northern california. | with no report on the overall prevalence and ramifications of hepatitis delta virus (hdv) infection in the united states for more than two decades, the characteristics of chronic hepatitis b virus (chb) patients coinfected with hdv, including clinical presentation, rate of hepatitis c virus tri-infection, and hdv viral load, were assessed. | 2013 | 23574043 |
| human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis delta virus in homosexual men. a study of four cohorts. | the prevalence of hepatitis delta virus antibodies was determined in four cohorts of homosexual or bisexual men positive for hepatitis b surface antigen who were evaluated between april 1984 and april 1985. antibodies to hepatitis delta virus were found in 16 of 106 men in los angeles (15.1%; 95% confidence interval [cl], 8.3% to 21.9%); 6 of 64 men in san francisco (9.4%; 95% cl, 3.5% to 19.3%); 1 of 76 men in pittsburgh (1.3%; 95% cl, 0.03% to 7.1%); and 0 of 52 men in chicago (0%; 95% cl, 0% ... | 1988 | 3337516 |
| hdv infection in the los angeles area. | | 1987 | 3628375 |