High prevalence of TT virus infection in French blood donors revealed by the use of three PCR systems

Transfusion

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 590-595

  Biagini, P ^b   Gallian, P ^b   Touinssi, M ^b   Cantaloube, J F ^b   Zapitelli, J P ^b   De Lamballerie, Xavier ^a   De Micco, P ^b  

^a Aix Marseille University IRD 190 Inserm 1207   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

BLOOD DONORS; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; FRANCE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0008714888     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.2000.40050590.x     Document Type: Article

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