Recent data report that HDV IgM levels correlate with histological inflammatory activity, and support the use of quantitative anti-HDV IgM as an indicator of disease activity in hepatitis D.
It is also the eighth installment in a series on hepatitis D virus, a virusoid-like pathogen that causes serious human disease. You may read the others on Forbes or www.williamhaseltine.com.
Patients with HIV and hepatitis B coinfection are at an increased risk for hepatitis D. Patients with hepatitis D have an increased risk for liver-related complications and mortality. Patients ...
The viral illness kills more people in the city than HIV, but antiviral medications may be helping cut its transmission.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Therapy designation to brelovitug (BJT-778) for the treatment of chronic hepatitis delta (CHD).