Hepatitis Delta Virus [virus hepatitidy delta]
- Terms
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delta virus
Deltavirus
HDV
virus hepatitidy D
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Delta Agent
Delta Virus
Deltavirus
Hepatitis D Virus
A defective virus, containing particles of RNA nucleoprotein in virion-like form, present in patients with acute hepatitis B and chronic hepatitis. It requires the presence of a hepadnavirus for full replication. This is the lone species in the genus Deltavirus.
- Annotation
- infection = HEPATITIS D or HEPATITIS D, CHRONIC
- DUI
- D003698 MeSH Browser
- CUI
- M0005788
- Previous indexing
- Hepatitis B (1977-1985); Hepatitis B Antigens (1977-1985)
- History note
- 98(86)
- Public note
- 98; see DELTA AGENT 1986-97; for HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS see DELTA AGENT 1997
Allowable subheadings
- CH
- chemistry
- CL
- classification
- DE
- drug effects
- EN
- enzymology 4
- GE
- genetics 4
- GD
- growth & development
- IM
- immunology 2
- IP
- isolation & purification
- ME
- metabolism 1
- PY
- pathogenicity 2
- PH
- physiology 2
- RE
- radiation effects
- UL
- ultrastructure