HDV doesn’t require HBV for replication. Only packaging and transmission. HDV uses host cellular proteins for replication. It’s just hitching a ride. Also been shown to package into other non-HBV particles (HCV, dengue, VSV).

Bowling!!!

There are multiple reports of #HDV being detected in the absence of #HBV. My lab detected HDV protein and rna in salivary glands of patients with #Sjogrens disease (~50% of pts). No evidence of past HBV infection. Expression of HDAg causes disease. Multiple small reports of HDV+ blood w/out HBV.

Hepatitis D has been detected in the absence of Hepatitis B. *nerdily pulls down glasses and looks over the top. 😉

There is a #Sjogrens feed on Bluesky. Look for it and if you have any issues let me know.

I just built a #Sjogrens feed if you wanted to follow. It should list all the posts with #Sjogrens from now on. It looks like the Sjogrens community on bluesky is growing. 😀 bsky.app/profile/did:...

I saw your post about needing a #Sjogrens feed. I built one. All posts that contain #Sjogrens and variants of are included. If it needs to be modified/improved, just let me know. To find: use link below or go into #Feeds on left bar, Discover New Feeds, then search Sjogrens. bsky.app/profile/did:...