Infection with TT virus, a novel transfusion-transmissible DNA virus, in haemophiliacs and in blood products

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1114-1119

  Yokozaki, Shoichi ^a   Toyoda, Hidenori ^a   Nakano, Isao ^a   Katano, Yoshiaki ^a   Ebata, Mieko ^a   Fukuda, Yoshihide ^a   Takamatsu, Junki ^a   Satto, Hidehiko ^a   Hayakawa, Tetsuo ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood products; Haemophilia; Hepatitis C virus; Human immunodeficiency virus; TT virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA VIRUS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEMOPHILIA; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEMOPHILIA A; HEMOPHILIA B; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0033056716     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1999.01452.x     Document Type: Article

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