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Torque teno virus in fecal samples of patients with gastroenteritis: prevalence, genogroups distribution, and viral load.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jun 2011
Pinho-Nascimento Carlos Augusto, Leite José Paulo Gagliardi, Niel Christian, Diniz-Mendes Leonardo
Abstract excerpt
Torque teno virus (TTV, genus Alphatorquevirus, family Anelloviridae) is a DNA virus, highly prevalent in populations from around the world. TTV isolates have been classified into five main phylogenetic groups (1-5) showing a large genetic distance between them. The presence of TTV has been detected in feces. However, whether all five TTV genogroups are excreted in feces and the frequency of these events are...
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