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Heterogeneous distribution of TT virus of distinct genotypes in multiple tissues from infected humans.
Virology - 30 Sept 2001
Okamoto H, Nishizawa T, Takahashi M, Asabe S, Tsuda F, Yoshikawa A
Abstract excerpt
TT virus (TTV) DNA was quantitated in the serum and nine autopsy tissues (bone marrow, lymph node, muscle, thyroid gland, lung, liver, spleen, pancreas, and kidney) obtained from each of three TTV-infected subjects by real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR), which can detect all TTV genotypes. TTV DNA was detected in all examined tissues, with the viral load being equal to or up to 300 times higher than that in...
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