High prevalence of chronic hepatitis D virus infection in Eastern Turkey: urbanization of the disease

Dulger, Ahmet; Suvak, Burak; Gonullu, Hayriye; GONULLU, Edip; Gultepe, BİLGE; Aydın, İbrahim; Batur, Abdussamet; Karadaş, Sevdegül; Olmezi, Sehmus

doi:10.5114/aoms.2015.52030

High prevalence of chronic hepatitis D virus infection in Eastern Turkey: urbanization of the disease

Dulger A. C., Suvak B., Gonullu H., GONULLU E., Gultepe B., Aydın İ., ...Daha Fazla

ARCHIVES OF MEDICAL SCIENCE, cilt.12, sa.2, ss.415-420, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 12 Sayı: 2
Basım Tarihi: 2016
Doi Numarası: 10.5114/aoms.2015.52030
Dergi Adı: ARCHIVES OF MEDICAL SCIENCE
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.415-420
Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
Bezmiâlem Vakıf Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Introduction: Both hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis D virus (HDV) infection play an increasingly important role in liver diseases. The main objective of this study was to investigate the socio-epidemiological, laboratory and radiological aspects of both HBV and HDV infection near the Iranian border of Turkey.