• The remaining genotypes are present in Africa. Patients with repeated exposure to HDV can have more than 1 circulating genotype. As a defective RNA virus requiring concurrent HBV infection to ...

This story is part of a larger series on viroids and virusoids, small infectious RNAs. It is also the eighth installment in a series on hepatitis D virus, a virusoid-like pathogen that causes serious ...

BEIJING, July 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- On World Hepatitis Day, the 2026 campaign calls for breaking down barriers to hepatitis testing, treatment and care. Hepatitis D (HDV), the most severe form of ...

Chronic hepatitis D is a serious liver infection caused by the hepatitis Delta virus (HDV). HDV cannot survive on its own. It depends on the hepatitis B virus (HBV) to infect liver cells and spread.

Hepatitis D (also called Delta hepatitis) is a rare but a fatal type of Hepatitis, a deadly liver infection. This is caused by the Hepatitis D virus. Surprisingly, hepatitis D only affects people who ...

Pandemics past and present have been caused when pathogens – germs that cause disease—move between animals and humans, as SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) did when it made its way from bats ...

A team led by Professor Patrick Labonté at the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) in Montreal, Canada, has identified the role of a key process in the replication cycle of the ...

This story is part of a larger series on viroids and virusoids, small infectious RNAs. It is also the fourth installment in a series on hepatitis D virus, a virusoid-like pathogen that causes serious ...

Hepatitis D is a viral infection caused by the hepatitis D virus (HDV) which affects the liver. HDV was identified in 1977 in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Hepatitis D is ...

Immigration is fuelling a new reservoir of hepatitis D virus (HDV) in Europe, and hepatitis D still represents an important medical problem in the USA. The disease continues to be a major medical ...

The patient with previous chronic HBV infection provides a potential milieu for superinfection with HDV after exposure to someone infected with both HBV and HDV. This may be observed as an acute flare ...

Pandemics past and present have been caused when pathogens – germs that cause disease – move between animals and humans, as SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) did when it made its way from ...