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TT virus prevalence, viral loads and genotypic variability in saliva from healthy Japanese children.
Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) - 1 Dec 2008
Naganuma Masako, Tominaga Norio, Miyamura Tsunetake, Soda Atsushi, Moriuchi Masako, Moriuchi Hiroyuki
Abstract excerpt
AIM: TT virus (TTV) is genetically variable and widespread without apparent pathogenicity; however, its epidemiological features in children were not fully understood, partly because blood sampling is often unacceptable for healthy children. We therefore used saliva specimens to investigate epidemiology of TTV infection in early childhood. METHODS: Saliva samples were collected from 83 1-month-old, 110...
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