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How to Screen for Hepatitis Delta Virus
Episode 257

How to Screen for Hepatitis Delta Virus

Listen as experts discuss how to screen for HDV according to a validated algorithm and how to increase HDV testing rates.

Decera Clinical Education Infectious Disease Podcast · Coleman I. Smith MD, Lydia Tang MBChB

February 23, 202314m 56s

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Show Notes

In this episode, Coleman I. Smith, MD, and Lydia Tang, MBChB, discuss how to screen for hepatitis delta virus (HDV), including:

  • Algorithm for evaluation of HDV
  • Diagnosis of different stages of HDV infection 
  • Strategies to increase HDV testing rates 

Faculty:
Coleman I. Smith, MD
Professor of Medicine
Hepatologist
Georgetown Transplant Institute
Georgetown University
Washington, DC

Lydia Tang, MBChB 
Assistant Professor
Department of Infectious Diseases
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Institute of Human Virology
Baltimore, Maryland

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Topics

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