1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Preparation of the Viral Inocula
2.2. Human Hepatocyte Chimeric Mouse Experiments
2.3. Quantification of Serum HBV DNA
2.4. Quantification of serum HDV RNA
2.5. Statistical Analyses
3. Results and Discussions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
HBV | hepatitis B virus |
HDV | hepatitis D virus |
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