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TT virus is distributed in various leukocyte subpopulations at distinct levels, with the highest viral load in granulocytes.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 11 Jan 2002
Takahashi Masaharu, Asabe Shinichi, Gotanda Yuhko, Kishimoto Junichi, Tsuda Fumio, Okamoto Hiroaki
Abstract excerpt
When TT virus (TTV) DNA was quantitated in whole blood and plasma aliquots from 27 viremic individuals by real-time detection PCR that can detect essentially all TTV genotypes, the TTV load was 6.9 +/- 3.5 (mean +/- standard deviation)-fold higher in the whole blood than in the plasma samples [P < 0.002 (paired t test)]. To clarify the reason for this difference, peripheral blood cells of various types including...
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