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TT virus (TTV) genotypes in native and non-native prostitutes of Irian Jaya, Indonesia: implication for non-occupational transmission.
Archives of virology - 1 Jan 2000
Mulyanto, Hijikata M, Matsushita M, Ingkokusmo G, Widjaya A, Sumarsidi D, Kanai K, Ohta Y, Mishiro S
Abstract excerpt
We investigated prostitutes in Irian Jaya, an Indonesian territory of New Guinea, to know whether TT virus (TTV) is sexually transmitted and what genotypes of TTV exist there. An ORF2 region of the TTV genome was analyzed for 44 isolates from prostitutes (19 were Irian Jaya natives but 25 were immigrants from Java or other islands of Indonesia) and 26 isolates from women of child-bearing age in Surabaya as a...
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