TTV - A virus searching for a disease

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-3

  Cossart, Yvonne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Parvovirus; Post transfusion hepatitis; Representational difference analysis; TTV

Indexed keywords

BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TEMPLATE; HUMAN; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIREMIA; VIRUS CLASSIFICATION; VIRUS ENVELOPE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0034060309     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6532(00)00078-0     Document Type: Article

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