Prevalence of TT viral DNA in Italian blood donors with and without elevated serum ALT levels: Molecular characterization of viral DNA isolates

Haematologica

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 181-185

  Pisani, Giulio ^a   Antigoni, Ivana ^a   Bisso, Guillermo ^a   Wirz, Maria ^a   Iudicone, Paola ^b   Miceli, Michela ^b   Gentili, Giuliano ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b National Blood Transfusion Center   (Italy)

Author keywords

ALT; Blood donors; Genotypes; Hepatitis viruses; Restriction fragment polymorphism; TTV DNA

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BLOOD DONORS; DNA VIRUSES; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0034039980     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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