CCO Infectious Disease Podcast

Whom to Screen for Hepatitis Delta Virus

Episode Summary

Listen as 2 experts discuss the impact of hepatitis delta virus infection on liver disease progression and the potential burden of going undiagnosed.

Episode Notes

In this episode, Nancy Reau, MD, and Coleman I. Smith, MD, discuss the burden of undiagnosed hepatitis delta virus (HDV) infection and who should be tested, including:

• Epidemiology of HDV infection
• Clinical course of HDV infection
• Populations at high risk of HDV infection
• Guidelines for HDV testing

Faculty: 
Nancy Reau, MD
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Section of Hepatology 
Associate Director, Solid Organ Transplantation 
Richard B. Capps Chair of Hepatology
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois

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

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