Prevalence of Hepatitis D Virus Infection Among Hepatitis B Virus Infected Patients in Qom Province, Center of Iran

Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: Hepatitis D infection aggregates chronic hepatitis B infection in the patients. This article about super and co-infection of HDV is recommended for medical practitioners and specialists in the field of hepatologists as well as health policy makers. Please cite this paper as: Ghadir MR, Belbasi M, Heidari A, Sarkeshikian SS, Kabiri A, Ghanooni AH, et al. Prevalence of Hepatitis D Virus Infection Among Hepatitis B Virus Infected Patients in Qom Province, Center of Iran. Hepat Mon. 2012;12(3): 205-8. DOI: 10.5812/hepatmon.847 Author's Contribution: Akram Heidari and Amir Hossein Ghanooni were the co-author of study design, collected and analyzed the data, wrote the manuscript; Abolfazl Iranikhah and Maryam Vaez-Javadi were co-author of study conception and design, contributed in data analysis, interpretation, and critical revision; Mojtaba Belbasi and Alireza Kabiri and Seyed Saeid Sarkeshikian contributed in writing the manuscript, analysis and interpretation of data, critical revision;Seyed- Moayed Alavian critically revised the study, manuscript for intellectual content and finally approved it. Financial Disclosure: None declared. Funding/Support: None declared.