Ghuman H K, Kaur S
Department of Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana.
Indian J Pediatr. 1995 Nov-Dec;62(6):691-3. doi: 10.1007/BF02825118.
Investigations were conducted for serological evidence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis D virus (HDV) infections in children suffering from acute viral hepatitis. A total of 52 serum samples were analysed by enzyme immunoassay. Of these, 18 (24%) were positive for hepatitis B virus markers and 34 (65.4%) were negative. Delta virus infection was detected in 6/18 (33%) hepatitis B patients. A significant finding was, that of the 34 patients negative for hepatitis B, 4 (12%) were positive only for HDV although the latter can only occur as a coexistent infection with hepatitis B virus. From the present study it may be inferred that delta virus infection is prevalent in children and absence of HBV markers does not rule out hepatitis D.
对患有急性病毒性肝炎的儿童进行了乙型肝炎病毒（HBV）和丁型肝炎病毒（HDV）感染的血清学证据调查。通过酶免疫测定法对总共52份血清样本进行了分析。其中，18份（24%）乙型肝炎病毒标志物呈阳性，34份（65.4%）呈阴性。在18例乙型肝炎患者中有6例（33%）检测到丁型病毒感染。一个重要发现是，在34例乙型肝炎阴性患者中，有4例（12%）仅HDV呈阳性，尽管后者仅作为与乙型肝炎病毒的共存感染出现。从本研究可以推断，丁型病毒感染在儿童中很普遍，并且没有HBV标志物并不排除丁型肝炎。
