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Digestive System Diseases > Liver Diseases > Hepatitis > Hepatitis, Viral, Human > Hepatitis D
Infections > Virus Diseases > Hepatitis, Viral, Human > Hepatitis D
Infections > Virus Diseases > RNA Virus Infections > Hepatitis D

Preferred term

Hepatitis D  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • Delta Hepatitis
  • Delta Infection
  • Hepatitides, Delta
  • Hepatitis, Delta
  • Infection, Delta
  • Infections, Delta

Note

  • HEPATITIS D, CHRONIC is also available; do not confuse entry term AMAZON BLACK FEVER with BLACKWATER FEVER or BLACK FEVER see LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL

Scope note

  • INFLAMMATION of the LIVER in humans caused by HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS, a defective RNA virus that can only infect HEPATITIS B patients. For its viral coating, hepatitis delta virus requires the HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS produced by these patients. Hepatitis D can occur either concomitantly with (coinfection) or subsequent to (superinfection) hepatitis B infection. Similar to hepatitis B, it is primarily transmitted by parenteral exposure, such as transfusion of contaminated blood or blood products, but can also be transmitted via sexual or intimate personal contact.

History note

  • 98(86)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003699

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