Prevalence and risk factors of transmission of hepatitis delta virus in pregnant women in the Center Region of Cameroon.
Juliette-Laure Ndzie OndiguiNadège Mafopa GoumkwaCindy LobeBrigitte WandjiPatrick AwoumouPrisca Voussou DjividaPuinta PeyongaSolange Manju AtahVivian VerbeRachel Kamgaing SimoSylvie Agnès MoudourouAna GutierrezRosi GarciaIsabelle FernandezSara Honorine Riwom EssamaRobinson MbuJudith N TorimiroPublished in: PloS one (2024)
These results show an intermediate rate of HDV infection among pregnant women with high level of HDV RNA viremia, which suggest an increased risk of vertical and horizontal co-transmission of HDV.