Virus

Hepatitis Delta Virus

AMW:MICRO:040052

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.

Microbiology biological

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Hepatitis Delta Virus has parent Defective Viruses

Hepatitis Delta Virus has parent Hepatitis Viruses

Hepatitis Delta Virus has parent Negative-Sense RNA Viruses

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