Journal of the Dow University of Health Sciences (Jan 2009)
HEPATITIS D IN CHILDERN AND ADOLESCENTS - AN UPSURGE?
Abstract
Pepdiatric liver disease due to viruses capable of sustanied infection includes Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and Hepatitis C virus (HCV). HBV is a DNA virus and is transmitted through contamination with infected blood or body fluids and also mother to infant transmission.