Listen as 2 experts discuss the importance of increasing healthcare professional and patient awareness of HDV to ensure that at-risk patients receive screening and then treatment and monitoring following a positive test.
Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) is the most severe form of viral hepatitis, yet many patients go undiagnosed. Increasing HDV awareness is an important step to correct this and ensure that at-risk patients receive screening and then treatment and monitoring following a positive test. Hear Grace LH Wong, MD, and Ming-Lung Yu, MD, PhD, discuss a call to action to increase healthcare professional and patient awareness of HDV.
Presenters:
Grace LH Wong, MD
Professor
Director, Medical Data Analytics Centre (MDAC)
Deputy Director, Center for Liver Health
Assistant Dean (Learning Experience), Faculty of Medicine
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Honorary Consultant
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Department of Medicine and Therapeutics
Prince of Wales Hospital
Hong Kong
Ming-Lung Yu, MD, PhD
Chair Professor
Hepatobiliary Division
Department of Internal Medicine and Hepatitis Center
Kaohsiung Medical University
Visiting Staff
Hepatobiliary Division
Department of Internal Medicine
Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
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