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TT virus infection during childhood.
Transfusion - 1 Jul 2002
Ohto Hitoshi, Ujiie Niro, Takeuchi Chikako, Sato Akira, Hayashi Akio, Ishiko Hiroaki, Nishizawa Tsutomu, Okamoto Hiroaki
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: TT virus (TTV) is widespread in the general population, however, the mode of its transmission and the mechanism of maintaining it in the general population are unclear. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: To determine the possible mother-to-infant route of transmission, 54 infants bom to 50 anti-HCV-positive mothers were assessed longitudinally. Nucleotide sequences amplified by seminested PCR with primers...
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