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Susceptibility of TT virus to interferon therapy.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Mar 1999
Chayama K, Kobayashi M, Tsubota A, Kobayashi M, Arase Y, Suzuki Y, Saitoh S, Murashima N, Ikeda K, Okamoto K, Hashimoto M, Matsuda M, Koike H, Kobayashi M, Kumada H
Abstract excerpt
TT virus (TTV) is a newly identified single-stranded DNA virus. We retrospectively analysed serum samples from sixteen patients, infected with both hepatitis C virus (HCV) and TTV, and who had been treated with interferon. An elevated serum alanine aminotransferase level after interferon was associated with persistence of HCV (abnormal in five of seven patients with persistence of HCV compared with normal in all...
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