| Literature DB >> 29800369 |
Parag Mahale1, Peter V Aka1,2, Xiaohua Chen3,4, Ping Liu3, Benjamin J Fram5, Alan S Wang1, Scott Simenel5, Fan-Chen Tseng1, Sabrina Chen6, Brian R Edlin7,8, Jeffrey S Glenn3,5, Thomas R O'Brien1.
Abstract
People who inject drugs (PWID) are commonly exposed to hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis D virus (HDV). We evaluated the prevalence of HDV viremia among hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)-positive PWID (n = 73) using a new quantitative microarray antibody capture (Q-MAC) assay, HDV western blot, and HDV RNA. HDV Q-MAC performed well in this cohort: anti-HDV, 100% sensitivity and specificity; HDV viremia, 61.5% sensitivity and 100% specificity. Hepatitis D viremia was present in 35.6% of HBsAg-positive participants and was more common in those with resolved compared to chronic hepatitis C (5.1% vs 0.6%; adjusted odds ratio, 9.80; P < .0001).Entities:
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Year: 2018 PMID: 29800369 PMCID: PMC5972608 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiy157
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Infect Dis ISSN: 0022-1899 Impact factor: 5.226