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What is Co-infection is essential for disease presentation is and explain in detail?
majority of patients with HDV superinfection evolve to chronic HDV infection and hepatitis. Two major patterns of infection have been described: coinfection with HBV and HDV, or superinfection with HDV of a person chronically infected with HBV Ref Harrison20th edition pg 980