Hepatitis Delta Virus

• Main Authors: Handa, Hiroshi (Author), Yamaguchi, Yuki (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2006.
• Series: Medical Intelligence Unit
• Subjects: Medicine.; Medical microbiology.; Molecular biology.; Virology.; Biomedicine.; Molecular Medicine.; Medical Microbiology.

Hepatitis Delta Virus is an up-to-date guide to hepatitis D virus (HDV), a human virus with a number of distinctive features. Each chapter of this book describes one of the broad aspects of HDV from virology to molecular biology, and from diagnosis to therapy.

Table of Contents:

• Genotype of Hepatitis Delta Virus
• Hepatitis Delta Virus
• Structure and Replication of Hepatitis Delta Virus RNA
• Hepatitis Delta Antigen
• Hepatitis Delta Virus RNA Editing
• Hepatitis Delta Antigen and RNA Polymerase II
• Clinical Features of Hepatitis Delta Virus
• Diagnosis of Hepatitis D Virus Infection.