Shohabudin Rind, Anwar Ali Jamali, Riaz Ahmad.
Hepatitis D Virus Infection in Hepatitis B Surface Anitgen Positive Cases at Isra University Hospital Hyderabad.
Ann Pak Inst Med Sci Jan ;13(2):173-6.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of Hepatitis D Virus Infection in Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Positive Cases. Study Design and Setting: Study was cross-sectional and conducted Department of Gastrointestinal & Liver Diseases at Isra University Hospital at Hyderabad from 2015 to 2016. Methodology: Total 109 patients with the positive Hepatitis B Surface Antigen evidence were included. The frequency of HDV infection was evaluated. All the findings regarding demographic characteristics and frequency of hepatitis D virus were recorded in the proforma. Results: A total of 109 cases were selected in the present study. Overall mean age of selected patients were 39.2±10.3 years. Majority of the cases i.e. 73(66.9%) was found with age group of 15 - 40 years. Male were in majority i.e. 65(60%) and female were 44(40%). The frequency of Hepatitis Delta Virus (HDV) was found 31(28%). No significant difference was found of Hepatitis Delta Virus (HDV) according to the comparison of age groups P-value 0.312 and gender P-value 0.82. Hepatitis Delta Virus (HDV) was found significantly associated with uneducated and lower educated patients as compared to good educated patient’s p-value 0.001. Conclusion: It is concluded that prevalence of viral hepatitis D disease is quite high in subjects suffering from viral Hepatitis B infection.

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