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Highly diverse TTV population in infants and their mothers.
Virus research - 1 Mar 2001
Sugiyama K, Goto K, Ando T, Mizutani F, Terabe K, Yokoyama T
Abstract excerpt
Infants born to serum HCV-positive 12 mothers were enrolled in the study. Nucleotide sequences amplified by primers deduced from a noncoding region were compared between mothers and their infants. The rates for detection of serum TTV in 12 mothers and their infants were 10/12 (83%) and 9/12 (75%), respectively. Serum TTV DNA was not detected in any infant at 1 month of age, but was detected for the first time...
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