Long-term outcome of hepatitis delta in different regions world-wide: Results of the Hepatitis Delta International Network.
Anika WrankeCirley LobatoEmanoil CeausuGeorgios N DalekosMario RizzettoAdela TurcanuGrazia Anna NiroOnur KeskinGeorge S GherlanMinaam AbbasPatrick IngilizMarion MucheMaria Buti FerretMathias JachsThomas VanwolleghemMarkus CornbergZaigham AbbasCihan YurdaydinPetra DörgeHeiner Wedemeyernull nullPublished in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2024)
The HDIN registry confirms the severity of hepatitis D and provides further evidence for HDV viraemia as a main risk factor for disease progression. Hepatitis D seems to take a particularly severe course in patients born in Pakistan. There is an urgent need to extend access to antiviral therapies and to provide appropriate education about HDV infection.