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Viral metagenomics analysis of kidney donors and recipients: Torque teno virus genotyping and prevalence.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Dec 2020
Kulifaj Dorian, Tilloy Valentin, Scaon Erwan, Guerin Emilie, Essig Marie, Pichon Nicolas, Hantz Sébastien, De Bernardi Alexandra, Joannes Martine, Barranger Côme, Alain Sophie
Abstract excerpt
The viral load of the ubiquitous and nonpathogenic torque teno virus (TTV) is associated with the grade of immunosuppression of its host. The development of next-generation sequencing (NGS) allowed to describe the human virome of the blood compartment in transplanted patients, and showed that TTV is the most important part of the virome. This study is a descriptive retrospective pilot study of sequencing plasma...
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