Web Resources

 

American Liver Foundation.  http://www.liverfoundation.org/

 

British Liver Trust.  http://www.britishlivertrust.org.uk/content/home/default.asp

 

Hepatitis Foundation International.  http://www.hepfi.org/

 

Stanford University, previous Humans and Viruses websites:

2002:  http://www.stanford.edu/group/virus/delta/2002blejer/Delta.htm

2000:  http://www.stanford.edu/group/virus/delta/2000/deltaagent.html

 

Pathogen cards:

Junin virus (Arenaviridae)

Polio-1 virus (Picornaviridae)

Sin nombre virus (Bunyaviridae)

 

References

 

Bordier, Bruno B. et al.  “In vivo antiviral efficacy of prenylation inhibitors against hepatitis delta virus.”  Journal of Clinical Investigation.  August 2003, Vol. 112, No. 3.  Pages 407-414.  Pubmed.

 

Huang, Yi-Hsiang et al.  “Varied Immunity Generated in Mice by DNA Vaccines with Large and Small Hepatitis Delta Antigens.”  Journal of Virology.  December 2003.  Pages 12980-12985.  Pubmed.

 

Huo, Teh-Ia et al.  “Changing seroepidemiology of Hepatitis B, C, and D Virus Infections in High-Risk Populations.”  Journal of Medical Virology.  January 2004.  Vol. 27.  Pages 41-45.  Pubmed.

 

Lin, Feng-Ming et al.  “Initiation of RNA replication of cloned Taiwan-3 isolate of hepatitis delta virus genotype II in cultured cells.”  Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 2003.  Volume 306.  Pages 966-972.  Pubmed.

 

Macnaughton, Thomas B. et al.  “Hepatitis Delta Virus RNA Encoding the Large Delta Antigen Cannot Sustain Replication due to Rapid Accumulation of Mutations Associated with RNA Editing.”  Journal of Virology, Nov. 2003, Vol. 77, No. 22.  Pages 12048-12056.  Pubmed.

 

Radjef et al.  “Molecular Phylogenetic Analyses Indicate a Wide and Ancient Radiation of African Hepatitis Delta Virus, Suggesting a Deltavirus Genus of at Least Seven Major Clades.”  Journal of Virology, Mar. 2004, Vol. 78, No. 5.  Pages 2537-2544.  Pubmed.

 

Taylor, John M.  “Replication of human hepatitis delta virus: recent developments.”  Trends in Microbiology.  April 2003, Vol. 11 No. 4.  Pages 185-190.  Pubmed.

 

Watanabe et al.  “Chronic hepatitis delta virus infection with genotype IIb variant is correlated with progressive liver disease.”  Journal of General Virology, 2003, Volume 84.  Pages 3275-3289.  Pubmed.