Romina Salpini, Lorenzo Piermatteo, Giulia Torre, Stefano D'Anna, Sohaib Khan, Leonardo Duca, Ada Bertoli, Simone La Frazia, Vincenzo Malagnino, Elisabetta Teti, Marco Iannetta, Pierpaolo Paba, Marco Ciotti, Ilaria Lenci, Simona Francioso, Caterina Paquazzi, Miriam Lichtner, Claudio Mastroianni, Francesco Santopaolo, Giuseppe De Sanctis, Adriano Pellicelli, Giovanni Galati, Alessandra Moretti, Katia Casinelli, Luciano Caterini, Nerio Iapadre, Giustino Parruti, Iacopo Vecchiet, Maurizio Paoloni, Massimo Marignani, Francesca Ceccherini-Silberstein, Leonardo Baiocchi, Sandro Grelli, Loredana Sarmati, Valentina Svicher
BACKGROUND: HDV-prevalence in Italy and its fluctuations over-time are controversial. Furthermore, an extensive characterization of HDV-infected patients is still missing. METHODS: The rate of HDV-seroprevalence and HDV-chronicity was assessed in 1,579 HBsAg+patients collected from 2005 to 2022 in Central-Italy. RESULTS: 45.3% of HBsAg+patients received HDV-screening with an increasing temporal-trend: 15.6% (2005-2010), 45.0% (2011-2014), 49...
November 7, 2023: International Journal of Infectious Diseases: IJID