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Mother-to-infant transmission of TT virus in Japan.
International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics - 1 Oct 2001
Iso K, Suzuki Y, Takayama M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The TT virus (TTV) was detected for the first time by Nishizawa and Okamoto et al. in 1997 in the serum of a patient with post-transfusion hepatitis of unknown origin (non-A-non-G type). TTV was subsequently, also found in the serum of blood donors with no history of blood transfusion, although at a lower rate than among donors with a history of blood transfusion. In the present study, we determined...
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