A novel unenveloped DNA virus (TT virus) associated with acute and chronic non-A to G hepatitis

Intervirology

Volumn 42, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 196-204

  Okamoto, Hiroaki ^a   Nishizawa, Tsutomu ^a   Ukita, Masato ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis; Blood transfusion; Chronic hepatitis; Circoviridae; Genotypes; Hepatitis viruses; PCR

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA VIRUS; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS VIRUS; JAPAN; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA VIRUSES; GENOME, VIRAL; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; LIVER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0032875316     PISSN: 03005526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000024961     Document Type: Review

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