Report on Fifth International Symposium on Hepatitis Delta Virus and Liver Disease
Ian Carter
Healthcare Infection
1(3) 32 - 32
Published: 1995
Abstract
Hepatitis Delta virus (HDV) is a small RNA virus (1.7kb) which only infects individuals with coexisting hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. The HDV particle consists of an outer envelope of HBV origin and inner ribonucleoprotein complex made of a circular single-stranded RNA genome and Two HDV encoded delta antigens (HDAg).https://doi.org/10.1071/HI95332
© Australian Infection Control Association 1995
