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Transfusion transmitted virus: A review on its molecular characteristics and role in medicine.
World journal of gastroenterology - 28 Aug 2006
Irshad M, Joshi Y K, Sharma Y, Dhar I
Abstract excerpt
The present review gives an updated overview of transfusion transmitted virus (TTV), a novel agent, in relation to its molecular characteristics, epidemiological features, modes of transmission, tissue tropism, pathogenesis, role in various diseases and its eradication from the body. TTV, a DNA virus, is a single stranded, non-enveloped, 3.8 kb long DNA virus with a small and covalently closed circular genome...
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