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Prevalence of the newly described human circovirus, TTV, in United States blood donors.
Transfusion - 1 Feb 2000
Handa A, Dickstein B, Young N S, Brown K E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: A novel nonenveloped single-stranded circular DNA virus (TTV) was recently identified. The prevalence of TTV in blood donors in the United States is, however, still unclear. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: Viral DNA was detected in US blood donors from five cities by using two sets of TTV primers: NG059/NG061/NG063 primers, which amplified the conserved region of strains 1 and 2, and T801/T935 primers,...
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