Coinfection with multiple TT virus strains belonging to different genotypes is a common event in healthy Brazilian adults

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1926-1930

  Niel, Christian ^a   Saback, Felipe L ^a   Lampe, Elisabeth ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALIA; DNA VIRUSES; TT VIRUS;

EID: 0034016782     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.5.1926-1930.2000     Document Type: Article

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