TT Virus Infection in Children and Adults who Visited a General Hospital in the South of Brazil for Routine Procedure

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 519-522

  Vasconcelos, Helena C F ^a   Menezes, Maria E ^b   Niel, Christian ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Liver disease; Novel virus; Polymerase chain reaction; Prevalence; TTV DNA

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TORQUE TENO VIRUS;

EID: 0035345443     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762001000400013     Document Type: Article

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