Article
Sequence diversity of TT virus in geographically dispersed human populations.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Jul 1999
Prescott L E, MacDonald D M, Davidson F, Mokili J, Pritchard D I, Arnot D E, Riley E M, Greenwood B M, Hamid S, Saeed A A, McClure M O, Smith D B, Simmonds P
Abstract excerpt
TT virus (TTV) is a newly discovered DNA virus originally classified as a member of the Parvoviridae. TTV is transmitted by blood transfusion where it has been reported to be associated with mild post-transfusion hepatitis. TTV can cause persistent infection, and is widely distributed geographically; we recently reported extremely high prevalences of viraemia in individuals living in tropical countries (e.g. 74%...
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