HDV-Like Viruses
Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) is a defective human virus that lacks the ability to produce its own envelope proteins and is thus dependent on the presence of a helper virus, which provides its surface proteins to produce infectious particles. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) was so far thought to be the only h...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-06-01
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Series: | Viruses |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/7/1207 |