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Hepatitis Infection Characteristics D Route Blood Sexual Contact

Front What are the characteristics of of Hepatitis D?
Back Route of infection via blood or sexual contact
4-12 weeks of incubation
Chronic infection common
No vaccine or treatment available
Occurs only in patients with active hepatitis B infection; fulminant disease may develop in 20% of patients.

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