While virusoid-like agents might be a progenitor of viroids, we cannot envision such a role for HDV. While only one example of a retroviroid is known, we cannot ignore that HDV, at one point in ...
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HBV-preS-peptides also inhibit in vitro infection of HDV, a satellite virusoid employing HBV envelope proteins for the entry into hepatocytes. To date, no effective therapy for HDV infection exists.