Organisms [B] » Viruses [B04] » Hepatitis Viruses » Hepatitis Delta Virus
Organisms [B] » Viruses [B04] » Defective Viruses » Hepatitis Delta Virus
Organisms [B] » Viruses [B04] » RNA Viruses » Negative-Sense RNA Viruses » Hepatitis Delta Virus
Description
A defective virus, containing particles of RNA nucleoprotein in virion-like form, present in patients with acute hepatitis B and chronic hepatitis. It requires the presence of a hepadnavirus for full replication. This is the lone species in the genus Deltavirus. MeSH
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