Hepatitis D is a Viroid and HepB Vaccine works against it.

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So from what I'm understanding here, Hepatitis D is the ONLY viroid that will infect humans, with regular viroids primarily a plant issue, and it need concurrent infection with Hep B so it can steal from it to enter the hepatocytes.

Now, if someone is vaccinated against Hep B... they should be safe from D then right?

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