What is hepatitis D? What is the Hepatitis D Virus?

In this video, Stephan Urban, DZIF professor for Translation Virology, Department of Infectious Diseases, Molecular Virology at the Heidelberg University in Germany answers the question: "What is hepatitis D and hepatitis D Virus (HDV)?"

• Why does hepatitis D only exist together with hepatitis B?
• What is a superinfection with hepatitis D?
• What happens in the hepatitis B / D infected cell?

This video part of the new series "Insights on HDV and HBV" and a product of the “Hepatitis D: B aware: Stay informed, stay protected! All you need to understand about Hepatitis D and Hepatitis B” campaign.

“Insights on HDV and HBV" is an info repository for people/patients designed to equip the community with the knowledge needed to understand the risk of hepatitis D infection in the context of the hepatitis B virus.

The video series is a product of organizations, professional institutions and research consortia dealing with hepatitis B that worked together for the “Hepatitis D: B aware: Stay informed, stay protected! All you need to understand about Hepatitis D and Hepatitis B” campaign. The organizations involved are TherVacB, D-Solve, Deutsche Leberstiftung, ICE-HBV, Stephan Urban Stiftung and DZIF.

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More information about the campaign patrons:
D-Solve: https://www.d-solve-consortium.eu/
TherVacB: https://www.thervacb.eu/