TT virus infection: Prevalence of elevated viraemia and arguments for the immune control of viral load

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 135-141

  Touinssi, Mhammed ^a   Gallian, Pierre ^a   Biagini, Philippe ^a   Attoui, Houssam ^a   Vialettes, Bernard ^b   Berland, Yvon ^b   Tamalet, Catherine ^c   Dhiver, Catherine ^b   Ravaux, Isabelle ^d   De Micco, Philippe ^a   De Lamballerie, Xavier ^a  

^a Aix Marseille University IRD 190 Inserm 1207   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINTE MARGUERITE   (France)

^c TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d HÔPITAL DE LA CONCEPTION   (France)

Author keywords

Immunodeficiency; PCR; TT virus; Viraemia

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIREMIA; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RENAL DIALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRAL LOAD; VIREMIA;

EID: 0034980756     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6532(01)00157-3     Document Type: Article

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