Hepatitis B and hepatitis D virus infections in the Central African Republic, twenty-five years after a fulminant hepatitis outbreak, indicate continuing spread in asymptomatic young adults.

• Main Authors: Narcisse Patrice Komas (Author), Sumantra Ghosh (Author), Mariama Abdou-Chekaraou (Author), Pierre Pradat (Author), Nasser Al Hawajri (Author), Alexandre Manirakiza (Author), Gina Laure Laghoe (Author), Claudine Bekondi (Author), Ségolène Brichler (Author), Jean-Omer Ouavéné (Author), Abdoulaye Sépou (Author), Brice Martial Yambiyo (Author), Jean Chrysostome Gody (Author), Valentin Fikouma (Author), Athénais Gerber (Author), Natali Abeywickrama Samarakoon (Author), Dulce Alfaiate (Author), Caroline Scholtès (Author), Nora Martel (Author), Frédéric Le Gal (Author), Hugo Lo Pinto (Author), Ikram Amri (Author), Olivier Hantz (Author), David Durantel (Author), Jean-Louis Lesbordes (Author), Emmanuel Gordien (Author), Philippe Merle (Author), Tudor Drugan (Author), Christian Trépo (Author), Fabien Zoulim (Author), Jean-Claude Cortay (Author), Alan Campbell Kay (Author), Paul Dény (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) increases morbidity in Hepatitis B virus (HBV)-infected patients. In the mid-eighties, an outbreak of HDV fulminant hepatitis (FH) in the Central African Republic (CAR) killed 88% of patients hospitalized in Bangui. We evaluated infections with HBV and HDV among students...