Prevalence of TT virus infection in US blood donors and populations at risk for acquiring parenterally transmitted viruses

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1242-1244

  Desai, Suresh M ^a   Muerhoff, A Scott ^a   Leary, Thomas P ^a   Erker, James C ^a   Simons, John N ^a   Chalmers, Michelle L ^a   Birkenmeyer, Larry G ^a   Pilot Marias, Tami J ^a   Mushahwar, Isa K ^a  

^a ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; DNA VIRUS; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

BLOOD DONORS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA VIRUSES; DNA, VIRAL; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPATITIS VIRUSES; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033008045     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314735     Document Type: Article

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