Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) is a defective human virus that lacks the ability to produce its own envelope proteins and is thus dependent on the presence of a helper virus, which provides its surface proteins to produce infectious particles. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) was so far thought to be the only helper virus described to be associated to HDV. However, recent studies showed that divergent HDV-like viruses can be detected in fishes, birds, amphibians, and invertebrates, without evidence of any HBV-like agent supporting infection.

Preliminary evidence for hdv exposure in apparently non-HBV-infected patients / Chemin, Isabelle; Pujol, Flor H; Scholtès, Caroline; Loureiro, Carmen L; Amirache, Fouzia; Levrero, Massimo; Zoulim, Fabien; Pérez-Vargas, Jimena; Cosset, François-Loïc. - In: HEPATOLOGY. - ISSN 0270-9139. - (2020). [10.1002/hep.31453]

Preliminary evidence for hdv exposure in apparently non-HBV-infected patients

Levrero, Massimo;
2020

Abstract

Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) is a defective human virus that lacks the ability to produce its own envelope proteins and is thus dependent on the presence of a helper virus, which provides its surface proteins to produce infectious particles. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) was so far thought to be the only helper virus described to be associated to HDV. However, recent studies showed that divergent HDV-like viruses can be detected in fishes, birds, amphibians, and invertebrates, without evidence of any HBV-like agent supporting infection.
2020
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Preliminary evidence for hdv exposure in apparently non-HBV-infected patients / Chemin, Isabelle; Pujol, Flor H; Scholtès, Caroline; Loureiro, Carmen L; Amirache, Fouzia; Levrero, Massimo; Zoulim, Fabien; Pérez-Vargas, Jimena; Cosset, François-Loïc. - In: HEPATOLOGY. - ISSN 0270-9139. - (2020). [10.1002/hep.31453]
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