TT virus: Virological and genomic characteristics and disease associations

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 519-529

  Okamoto, H ^a   Mayumi, M ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genotype; Hepatitis; MRNA; Replication; TT virus (TTV)

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS CLASSIFICATION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; PAN TROGLODYTES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0034873187     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005350170054     Document Type: Review

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