Medical Definition of Viral hepatitis type D

1. Acute or chronic hepatitis caused by the hepatitis delta virus, a defective RNA virus requiring HBV for replication. The acute type occurs in two forms: 1) coinfection, the simultaneous occurrence of hepatitis B virus and hepatitis delta virus infections, which usually is self-limiting; 2) superinfection, the appearance of hepatitis delta virus infection in a hepatitis B virus carrier, which often leads to chronic hepatitis The chronic type appears to be more severe than other types of viral hepatitis. Synonym: delta hepatitis, hepatitis D. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Viral Hepatitis Type D

viral delivery vector
viral dysentery
viral encephalomyelitis
viral envelope
viral envelope proteins
viral fusion proteins
viral gastroenteritis
viral haemagglutination
viral haemorrhagic fever
viral haemorrhagic fever virus
viral hemorrhagic fever
viral hepatitis
viral hepatitis type A
viral hepatitis type B
viral hepatitis type C
viral hepatitis type D (current term)
viral hepatitis type E
viral hepatitis vaccines
viral infection
viral interference
viral load
viral marketing
viral matrix proteins
viral media
viral meningitis
viral myocarditis
viral nonstructural proteins
viral oncogene
viral pericarditis
viral physiology

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