Epidemiology and patient characteristics of hepatitis D virus infection in the West of Scotland 2011-2016

J Viral Hepat. 2018 Nov;25(11):1395-1396. doi: 10.1111/jvh.12939. Epub 2018 Jun 28.

Authors

C Jackson^{1

2}, R N Gunson¹, A Bradley-Stewart¹, S Bennett¹, H Black³, N Kennedy³, D J Bell²

Affiliations

¹ West of Scotland Specialist Virology Centre, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK.
² The Brownlee Centre, Gartnavel General Hospital, Glasgow, UK.
³ Monklands Hospital, Airdrie, UK.

PMID: 29851188
DOI: 10.1111/jvh.12939

No abstract available

Keywords: Hepatitis D; Prevalence; Scotland.

MeSH terms

Adult
Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
Coinfection / diagnosis
Coinfection / drug therapy
Coinfection / epidemiology*
Female
Hepatitis B / diagnosis
Hepatitis B / epidemiology*
Hepatitis B virus / isolation & purification
Hepatitis D / diagnosis
Hepatitis D / drug therapy
Hepatitis D / epidemiology*
Hepatitis Delta Virus / genetics
Hepatitis Delta Virus / isolation & purification
Humans
Interferon-alpha / therapeutic use
Male
Middle Aged
Polyethylene Glycols / therapeutic use
Prevalence
Recombinant Proteins / therapeutic use
Risk Factors
Scotland / epidemiology
Treatment Outcome
Young Adult

Substances

Antiviral Agents
Interferon-alpha
Recombinant Proteins
Polyethylene Glycols
peginterferon alfa-2a