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delta agent

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delta agent

delta agent,
a defective viral agent that occurs only in association with hepatitis B infection. It causes chronic hepatitis and progressive liver damage. The delta agent is able to induce infection only when it is a coinfection present along with hepatitis B. It occurs in 5% of people with hepatitis; it infects about 15 million people worldwide.


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``The line is just ridiculous,'' said Delta agent Shari Mrkonjic.
It sometimes coexists with the hepatitis B virus as a viruslike particle known as the Delta agent.
The ability to culture hepatitis B virus is also expected to speed research on the delta agent.
 
 
 
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