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Molecular characterization of Torque teno virus and SEN virus co-infection with HIV in patients from Southern Iran.
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - 1 Jan 2000
Pirouzi Aliyar, Bahmani Mirzakhalil, Feizabadi Mohammad Mehdi, Afkari Rouhi
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INTRODUCTION: Torque teno virus (TTV) and SEN virus are circular single-stranded DNA viruses that cause blood-borne infections. The SEN virus (SEN-V) was originally detected in the serum of an injection drug user infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Recently TTV was discovered as a potential causative agent of non-A-E hepatitis. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of the SEN-V-D/H...
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