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Descriptor
English
:
Hepatitis D
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Hepatitis D
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Portuguese
:
Hepatite D
Synonyms
English
:
Amazon Black Fever
Black Fever, Amazon
Labrea Disease
Delta Hepatitis
Delta Superinfection
Hepatitis, Delta
Delta Infection
Tree Number:
C02.440.450
C02.782.450
C06.552.380.705.450
Definition
English
:
INFLAMMATION of the
LIVER
in
humans
caused by
HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS
, a defective
RNA
virus that can only infect
HEPATITIS B
patients
. For its viral coating,
hepatitis delta virus
requires the
HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS
produced by these
patients
.
Hepatitis D
can occur either concomitantly with (coinfection) or subsequent to (superinfection)
hepatitis B
infection
.
Similar
to
hepatitis B
, it is primarily transmitted by parenteral exposure, such as transfusion of contaminated
blood
or
blood
products, but can also be transmitted via sexual or intimate personal contact.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
HEPATITIS D, CHRONIC is also available; do not confuse entry term AMAZON BLACK
FEVER
with
BLACKWATER FEVER
or BLACK
FEVER
see
LEISHMANIASIS
, VISCERAL
History Note
English
:
98(86)
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
blood
cerebrospinal fluid
chemically induced
classification
congenital
complications
diet therapy
diagnosis
drug therapy
economics
ethnology
embryology
enzymology
epidemiology
etiology
genetics
history
immunology
metabolism
microbiology
mortality
nursing
pathology
prevention & control
physiopathology
parasitology
psychology
radiography
rehabilitation
radionuclide imaging
radiotherapy
surgery
therapy
transmission
urine
ultrasonography
veterinary
virology
Record Number:
19545
Unique Identifier:
D003699
Occurrence in VHL
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