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Acute hepatitis B with Hepatitis D virus co-infection

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Acute hepatitis B with Hepatitis D virus co-infection – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1182823427

Acute liver injury infected simultaneously with HBV and hepatitis D virus (HDV), which is a single-stranded RNA virus. HDV requires HBV to replicate. The co-infection is diagnosed by positive serum IgM and HDV in the concomitant presence of high-titre IgM anti HBc.