Confirmation of mother-to-child transmission of TT virus

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 255-256

  Tada, Kanae ^a   Tajiri, Hitoshi ^a   Kondou, Hiroki ^a   Mishiro, Shunji ^b   Okada, Shintaro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Shinagawa ku   (Japan)

Author keywords

Perinatal transmission; Phylogenetic analysis; TT virus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DNA; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA VIRUSES; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0034023132     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200003000-00018     Document Type: Article

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