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Viruses > RNA Viruses > Negative-Sense RNA Viruses > Hepatitis Delta Virus
Viruses > Defective Viruses > Hepatitis Delta Virus
Viruses > Hepatitis Viruses > Hepatitis Delta Virus

Preferred term

Hepatitis Delta Virus  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Entry terms

  • Delta Agent
  • Delta Agents
  • Delta Virus
  • Delta Viruses
  • Hepatitis D Virus
  • Hepatitis D Viruses

Note

  • infection = HEPATITIS D or HEPATITIS D, CHRONIC

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 98(86)

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003698

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