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High-throughput sequencing exclusively identified a novel Torque teno virus genotype in serum of a patient with fatal fever.
Virologica Sinica - 1 Apr 2014
Mi Zhiqiang, Yuan Xin, Pei Guangqian, Wang Wei, An Xiaoping, Zhang Zhiyi, Huang Yong, Peng Fan, Li Shasha, Bai Changqing, Tong Yigang
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Torque teno virus (TTV) has been found to be prevalent world-wide in healthy populations and in patients with various diseases, but its etiological role has not yet been determined. Using high-throughput unbiased sequencing to screen for viruses in the serum of a patient with persistent high fever who died of suspected viral infection and prolonged weakness, we identified the complete genome sequence of a TTV...
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