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Descriptor
English
:
Hepatitis D
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Hepatitis D
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Hepatite D
Synonyms
English
:
Amazon Black Fever
Black Fever, Amazon
Labrea Disease
Delta Hepatitis
Delta Superinfection
Hepatitis, Delta
Delta Infection
Tree Number:
C02.440.450
C02.782.450
C06.552.380.705.450
Definition
English
:
INFLAMMATION
of the
LIVER
in
humans
caused by
HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS
, a defective
RNA
virus that can only infect
HEPATITIS B
patients
. For its viral coating,
hepatitis delta virus
requires the
HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS
produced by these
patients
.
Hepatitis D
can occur either concomitantly with (
coinfection
) or subsequent to (
superinfection
)
hepatitis B
infection
.
Similar
to
hepatitis B
, it is primarily transmitted by parenteral exposure, such as transfusion of contaminated
blood
or
blood
products, but can also be transmitted via sexual or intimate personal contact.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
HEPATITIS D
, CHRONIC is also available; do not confuse entry term AMAZON BLACK
FEVER
with
BLACKWATER FEVER
or BLACK
FEVER
see
LEISHMANIASIS
, VISCERAL
History Note
English
:
98(86)
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CI
chemically induced
CL
classification
CO
complications
CN
congenital
DI
diagnosis
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
RA
radiography
RI
radionuclide imaging
RT
radiotherapy
RH
rehabilitation
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
TM
transmission
US
ultrasonography
UR
urine
VE
veterinary
VI
virology
Record Number:
19545
Unique Identifier:
D003699
Occurrence in VHL
:
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