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Source - reservoir
The man was experimentally infected chimpanzee.
The route of transmission
Potential rarely is described vertical transmission, transmission in families and sexual transmission.
Incubation time
From 2 weeks to 6 months, usually 6-9 weeks.
The period of infectiousness
One or more weeks prior to disease by prolonged vitamin chronic infections
Receptivity
General the reinvention occurs even in the presence of antibodies.
Principles of therapy
Symptomatic therapy for chronic infection in alpha- torero, possibly in combination with antiviral drugs
Epidemiological measures
Preventive
As with HBV - except immunization
Repressive
Quarantine measures for 150 days, the medical examination of persons in contact within 3 days, then at 30 and 90 days after the last contact with the patient, as with other HBV VIRAL HEPATITIS D