dictionary help| HDV --> hepatitis delta virus | medical dictionary |
<virus>
<virology> A defective virus, containing particles of RNA nucleoprotein in virion-like form, present in patients with acute hepatitis b and chronic hepatitis. Officially this is classified as a subviral satellite RNA (RNA, satellite).
Acronym: HDV
(12 Dec 1998)
hepatitis d, chronic, hepatitis d, e, f, and g, hepatitis delta < Prev | Next > hepatitis D virus, hepatitis E, hepatitis e virus
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