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Distinct genotypes of a nonenveloped DNA virus associated with posttransfusion non-A to G hepatitis (TT virus) in plasma and peripheral blood mononuclear cells.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Mar 1999
Okamoto H, Kato N, Iizuka H, Tsuda F, Miyakawa Y, Mayumi M
Abstract excerpt
TT virus (TTV) is a nonenveloped, single-stranded DNA virus with little sequence homology to known viruses, and associated with elevated transaminase levels in the patients with posttransfusion hepatitis of unknown etiology. The DNA of TTV was detected, by semi-nested polymerase chain reaction, in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from the 30 healthy individuals with circulating virus in plasma. A...
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