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[High prevalence of TT virus (TTV) infection and gene subtype analysis between Japanese and Chinese].
Zhonghua shi yan he lin chuang bing du xue za zhi = Zhonghua shiyan he linchuang bingduxue zazhi = Chinese journal of experimental and clinical virology - 1 Jun 2000
Liu W, Hada T, Xu H
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OBJECTIVE: To compare the infection rates and gene subtypes of TTV between Japanese and Chinese. METHODS: TTV was detected by a semi-nested PCR. The positive samples were sequenced directly. RESULTS: Infection rate of T'TV in normal Chinese was 64%, but in the patients suffered from chronic C hepatitis, the infection rates were 68% in Chinese and 49.1% in Japanese The gene subtype of TTV Gla + 1b in Chinese was...
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