This Article Full Text Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Copyright Information Books from ASM Press MicrobeWorld Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Kao, J.-H. Articles by Chen, D.-S. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Kao, J.-H. Articles by Chen, D.-S.

Hepatitis D Virus Genotypes in Intravenous Drug Users in Taiwan: Decreasing Prevalence and Lack of Correlation with Hepatitis B Virus Genotypes

Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine,¹ Department of Internal Medicine,² Hepatitis Research Center, National Taiwan University College of Medicine and National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan³

Received 12 November 2001/ Returned for modification 12 May 2002/ Accepted 25 May 2002

Of 368 hepatitis B virus (HBV)-infected intravenous drug users, 144 (39%) were positive for antibody to hepatitis D virus (anti-HDV). Anti-HDV-positive HBV carriers had a lower rate of positivity for HBV DNA than did anti-HDV-negative carriers (52 versus 73%, respectively). From 1986 to 1997, the average rate of decrease in the prevalence of HDV infection in this population was 4.7%/year.

This article has been cited by other articles:

• DAVAALKHAM, D., OJIMA, T., UEHARA, R., WATANABE, M., OKI, I., NYMADAWA, P., TAKAHASHI, M., OKAMOTO, H., NAKAMURA, Y. (2006). Hepatitis delta virus infection in mongolia: analyses of geographic distribution, risk factors, and disease severity.. Am J Trop Med Hyg 75: 365-369 [Abstract] [Full Text]