Genoprevalence of TT virus among clinical and auxiliary UK dental healthcare workers: A pilot study

British Dental Journal

Volumn 189, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 554-555

  Bez, C ^a,b   Lodi, G ^a,b   Scully, C ^a   Porter, S R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DENTIST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PILOT STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIREMIA;

ADULT; CARRIER STATE; DENTAL STAFF; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIREMIA;

EID: 0034715772     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4800827a     Document Type: Article

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