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High prevalence of TT virus infection in Brazilian blood donors
1 Mar 1999
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A recent report has described the molecular cloning and characterization of a novel, single-stranded DNA virus, named TT virus (TTV), which was present in the sera of Japanese patients with posttransfusion hepatitis of unknown etiology [Okamoto et al. (1998) Hepatology Research 10:1-16]. Using a nested polymerase chain reaction assay, sera from Brazilian patients with acute non A-C hepatitis and blood donors were...
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