(2018) Fact Sheet Hepatitis D: General Information, August 26, 2018. Public Health, Department of (Health and Human Services, Department of)
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Abstract
Hepatitis D is a virus that infects the liver. Hepatitis D, or Delta hepatitis, is always associated with a hepatitis B infection. A person may recover from Delta hepatitis or it may progress to chronic hepatitis. Hepatitis D can only occur if the person has hepatitis B. Hepatitis D virus (HDV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) may infect a person at the same time or HDV infection may occur in persons with chronic HBV infection. The hepatitis D virus is spread by exposure to blood and serous body fluids, contaminated needles and syringes, and via sexual transmission.
| Item Type: | Departmental Report |
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| Keywords: | Hepatitis D, Healthcare, Public Health |
| Subjects: | Health and medicine Health and medicine > Diseases Health and medicine > Public health |
| ID Code: | 32096 |
| Deposited By: | Margaret Barr |
| Deposited On: | 29 Apr 2020 13:39 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Apr 2020 13:39 |
| URI: | https://publications.iowa.gov/id/eprint/32096 |