Early acquisition of TT virus (TTV) in an area endemic for TTV infection

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1070-1076

  Davidson, F ^a   MacDonald, D ^a   Mokili, J L K ^a,b   Prescott, L E ^a   Graham, S ^a   Simmonds, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Henry Jackson Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGO; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HEPATITIS VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIREMIA; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA VIRUSES; DNA, VIRAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPATITIS VIRUSES; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER DISEASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RNA, VIRAL; RURAL POPULATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0033043298     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314730     Document Type: Article

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