hepatitis D virus infection
Findings
No curated finding names hepatitis D virus infection yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Inflammation of the liver in humans caused by hepatitis delta virus, a defective RNA virus that can only infect hepatitis B patients. For its viral coating, hepatitis delta virus requires the hepatitis B surface antigens produced by these patients. Hepatitis D can occur either concomitantly with (coinfection) or subsequent to (superinfection) hepatitis B infection. Similar to hepatitis B, it is primarily transmitted by parenteral exposure, such as transfusion of contaminated blood or blood products, but can also be transmitted via sexual or intimate personal contact.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0005789), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
18 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- CirrhosisHPOHP:0001394
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Elevated circulating alanine aminotransferase concentrationHPOHP:0031964
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- HepatitisHPOHP:0012115
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Abdominal painHPOHP:0002027
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Abnormal bleedingHPOHP:0001892
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- AnorexiaHPOHP:0002039
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Bruising susceptibility
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- Hepatic failureHPOHP:0001399
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- JaundiceHPOHP:0000952
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- MalaiseHPOHP:0033834
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Nausea and vomitingHPOHP:0002017
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Poor appetiteHPOHP:0004396
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Hepatocellular carcinomaHPOHP:0001402
- Very rare (1% to 4% of cases)
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
7 names
Resolves to: hepatitis D virus infection
- Also called
- HDVHepatitis DHepatitis D virushepatitis deltaHepatitis delta virus caused hepatitisHepatitis delta virus hepatitishepatitis type D