Talk:Hepatitis D

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Merger proposal

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To merge Lábrea fever into Hepatitis D as Lábrea fever is essentially another historical term for hepatitis D. Klbrain (talk) 21:59, 28 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I propose that Lábrea fever be merged into Hepatitis D. Because Lábrea fever is essentially another historical term for hepatitis D, it can be covered in the history section (with a redirect to that history section); moreover, the Symptoms and Signs and Cause completely overlap with corresponding sections of hepatitis D, unless reliable sources can be shown that these should differ. Merging will not cause any problems as far as article size or undue weight is concerned. In fact, I think this will strengthen the hepatitis D article by adding high-quality historical context. — soupvector (talk) 01:12, 26 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Notified wikiprojects Medicine, Viruses, and Genetics (I had notified creator/primary author when proposal was first posted). — soupvector (talk) 13:47, 2 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Though this proposal has been up for more than 30 days, I was initially remiss in not notifying the relevant wikiprojects so I'll wait to allow for more participation to ensure that this is uncontroversial. — soupvector (talk) 18:23, 2 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with the merger.Graham Beards (talk) 14:24, 2 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Support — (edit conflict) It seems quite clear that these are treated better under a single search term. We could add the term as a synonym in the infobox, and create a ==History==/===South America=== section at the end of the article build on the two (?) sources that discuss the historical aspect of the disease. Carl Fredrik^talk 14:27, 2 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
support per soupvertors rationale--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 16:34, 2 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support it looks like an uncontroversial merge to me.CV9933 (talk) 19:22, 2 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support would fit nicely into the history section, no brainer. SEMMENDINGER (talk) 21:09, 2 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
support yep this belongs there. Jytdog (talk) 04:18, 8 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Lábrea fever#Cause says it is a coinfection of Hep D and Hep B. If true, they are not synonyms. --Nessie (talk) 23:36, 29 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support I agree this is not a controversial merger proposal. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.222.97.24 (talk) 16:39, 31 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Merger complete. Klbrain (talk) 22:03, 28 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

How many people are infected? The article can't agree with itself

Intro says, "A recent estimate from 2020 suggests that currently 48 million persons are infected with this virus."

Transmission section says, "Worldwide more than 15 million people are co-infected," and also, "In all, about 20 million people may be infected with HDV." IAmNitpicking (talk) 20:09, 4 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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