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Molecular properties, biology, and clinical implications of TT virus, a recently identified widespread infectious agent of humans.
Clinical microbiology reviews - 1 Jan 2001
Bendinelli M, Pistello M, Maggi F, Fornai C, Freer G, Vatteroni M L
Abstract excerpt
TT virus (TTV) was first described in 1997 by representational difference analysis of sera from non-A to non-G posttransfusion hepatitis patients and hence intensively investigated as a possible addition to the list of hepatitis-inducing viruses. The TTV genome is a covalently closed single-stranded DNA of approximately 3.8 kb with a number of characteristics typical of animal circoviruses, especially the chicken...
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