High Prevalence and Significance of Hepatitis D Virus Infection among Treatment-Naïve HBsAg-Positive Patients in Northern Vietnam

• Bui Tien Sy,

  Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany, Department of Pathophysiology, Vietnam Military Medical University, Ha Noi, Ha Dong, Viet Nam

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• Boris A. Ratsch,

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

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• Nguyen Linh Toan,

  Affiliation Department of Pathophysiology, Vietnam Military Medical University, Ha Noi, Ha Dong, Viet Nam

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• Le Huu Song,

  Affiliation 108 Institute of Clinical Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences Tran Hung Dao Hospital, Ha Noi, Viet Nam

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• Christian Wollboldt,

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

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• Agnes Bryniok,

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

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• Hung Minh Nguyen,

  Affiliation Center of Research and Development, Duy Tan University, da Nang, Viet Nam

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• Hoang Van Luong,

  Affiliation Department of Pathophysiology, Vietnam Military Medical University, Ha Noi, Ha Dong, Viet Nam

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• Thirumalaisamy P. Velavan,

  Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

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• Heiner Wedemeyer,

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

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• Peter G. Kremsner,

  Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

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• C.-Thomas Bock

  * E-mail: bockc@rki.de

  Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany, Department of Molecular Pathology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

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