Quantitative and genotypic analysis of TT virus infection in Chinese blood donors

Transfusion

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1001-1007

  Zhong, Sheng ^b   Yeo, Winnie ^b   Lin, Che Kit ^b   Lin, Xiao Rong ^b   Tang, Mandy W ^b   Johnson, Philip J ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD DONOR; CHILD; CHINA; CIRCOVIRIDAE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICS; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD DONORS; CHILD; CHINA; CIRCOVIRIDAE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 0035430294     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.2001.41081001.x     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Mushahwar IK, Erker JC, Muerhoff AS, et al. Molecular and biophysical characterization of TT virus: evidence for a new virus family infecting humans. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1999;96:3177-82.
2. Miyata H, Tsunoda H, Kazi A, et al. Identification of a novel GC-rich 113-nucleotide region to complete the circular, single-stranded DNA genome of TT virus, the first human circovirus. J Virol 1999;73:3582-6.
3. Nishizawa T, Okamoto H, Konishi K, et al. A novel DNA virus (TTV) associated with elevated transaminase levels in posttransfusion hepatitis of unknown etiology. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1997;24:92-7.
4. Okamoto H, Nishizawa T, Kato N, et al. Molecular cloning and characterization of a novel DNA virus (TTV) associated with posttransfusion hepatitis of unknown etiology. Hepatol Res 1998;10:1-16.
5. Naoumov NV, Petrova EP, Thomas MG, et al. Presence of a newly described human DNA virus (TTV) in patients with liver disease. Lancet 1998;352:195-7.
6. Simmonds P, Davidson F, Lycett C, et al. Detection of a novel DNA virus (TTV) in blood donors and blood products. Lancet 1998;352:191-5; erratum appears Lancet 1998;352:1394.
7. Okamoto H, Kato N, lizuka H, et al. Distinct genotypes of a nonenveloped DNA virus associated with posttransfusion non-A to G hepatitis (TT virus) in plasma and peripheral blood mononuclear cells. J Med Virol 1999;57:252-8.
8. Charlton M, Adjei P, Poterucha J, et al. TT-virus infection in North American blood donors, patients with fulminant hepatic failure, and cryptogenic cirrhosis. Hepatology 1998;28:839-42.
9. Hohne M, Berg T, Muller AR, Schreier E. Detection of sequences of TT virus, a novel DNA virus, in German patients. J Gen Virol 1998;79:2761-4.
10. Desai SM, Muerhoff AS, Leary TP, et al. Prevalence of TT virus infection in US blood donors and populations at risk for acquiring parenterally transmitted viruses. J Infect Dis 1999;179:1242-4.
11. Tanaka H, Okamoto H, Luengrojanakul P, et al. Infection with an unenveloped DNA virus (TTV) associated with posttransfusion non-A to G hepatitis in hepatitis patients and healthy blood donors in Thailand. J Med Virol 1998;56:234-8.
12. Viazov S, Ross RS, Varenholz C, et al. Lack of evidence for an association between TTV infection and severe liver disease. J Clin Virol 1998;11:183-7.
13. Prescott LE, Simmonds P. Global distribution of transfusion-transmitted virus (letter). N Engl J Med 1998;339:776-7.
14. Nakano T, Park YM, Mizokami M, et al. TT virus infection among blood donors and patients with non-B, non-C liver diseases in Korea. J Hepatol 1999;30:389-93.
15. Davidson F, MacDonald D, Mokili JL, et al. Early acquisition of TT virus (TTV) in an area endemic for TTV infection. J Infect Dis 1999;179:1070-6.
16. Leary TP, Erker JC, Chalmers ML, et al. Improved detection systems for TT virus reveal high prevalence in humans, non-human primates and farm animals. J Gen Virol 1999;80:2115-20.
17. Niel C, de Oliveira JM, Ross RS, et al. High prevalence of TT virus infection in Brazilian blood donors. J Med Virol 1999;57:259-63.
18. Takahashi K, Hoshino H, Ohta Y, et al. Very high prevalence of TT virus (TTV) infection in the general population of Japan revealed by a new set of PCR primers. Hepatol Res 1998;12:233-9.
19. Takahashi K, Ohta Y, Mishiro S. Partial ∼2.4-kb sequences of TT virus (TTV) genome from eight Japanese isolates: diagnostic and phylogenetic implications. Hepatol Res 1998;12:111-20.
20. Tanaka Y, Mizokami M, Orito E, et al. New genotypes of TT virus (TTV) and a genoryping assay based on restriction fragment length polymorphism. FEBS Lett 1998;437:201-6.
21. Biagini P, Gallian P, Attoui H, et al. Determination and phylogenetic analysis of partial sequences from TT virus isolates. J Gen Virol 1999;80:419-24.
22. Viazov S, Ross RS, Niel C, et al. Sequence variability in the putative coding region of TT virus: evidence for two rather than several major types. J Gen Virol 1998;79:3085-9.
23. Takayama S, Yamazaki S, Matsuo S, Sugii S. Multiple infection of TT virus (TTV) with different genotypes in Japanese hemophiliacs. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1999;256:208-11.
24. Okamoto H, Takahashi M, Nishizawa T, et al. Marked genomic heterogeneity and frequent mixed infection of TT virus demonstrated by PCR with primers from coding and noncoding regions. Virology 1999;295:428-36.
25. Zhong S, Chan JY, Yeo W, et al. Hepatitis B envelope protein mutants in human hepatocellular carcinoma tissues. J Viral Hepat 1999;6:195-202.
26. Thompson JD, Higgins DG, Gibson TJ. Clustal W: improving the sensitivity of progressive multiple alignment through sequence weighting, positions-specific gap penalties and weight matrix choice. Nucleic Acids Res 1994;22:4673-80.
27. Saitou N, Nei M. The neighbor-joining method: a new method for constructing phylogenetic trees. Mol Biol Evol 1987;4:406-25.
28. Khudyakov YE, Cong M, Nichols B, et al. Sequence heterogeneity of TT virus and closely related viruses. J Virol 2000;74:2990-3000.
29. Kato T, Mizokami M, Mukaide M, et al. Development of a TT virus DNA quantification system using real-time detection PCR. J Clin Microbiol 2000;38:94-8.
30. Luo K, Liang W, He H, et al. Experimental infection of nonenveloped DNA virus (TTV) in rhesus monkey. J Med Virol 2000;61:159-64.
31. Verschoor EJ, Langenhuijzen S, Heeney JL. TT viruses (TTV) of non-human primates and their relationship to the human TTV genotypes. J Gen Virol 1999;80:2491-9.
32. Okamoto H, Akahane Y, Ukita M, et al. Fecal excretion of a nonenveloped DNA virus (TTV) associated with post-transfusion non-A-G hepatitis. J Med Virol 1998;56:128-32.
33. Ukita M, Okamoto H, Kato N, et al. Excretion into bile of a novel unenveloped DNA virus (TT virus) associated with acute and chronic non-A-G hepatitis. J Infect Dis 1999;179:1245-8.
34. Ross RS, Viazov S, Runde V, et al. Detection of TT virus DNA in specimens other than blood. J Clin Virol 1999;13:181-4.
35. Toyoda H, Naruse M, Yokozaki S, et al. Prevalence of infection with TT virus (TTV), a novel DNA virus, in healthy Japanese subjects, newborn infants, cord blood and breast milk. J Infect 1999;38:198-9.
36. Monica A, Maggi F, Vatteroni ML, et al. TT virus: evidence for transplacental transmission. J Infect Dis 2000;181:803-4.
37. Matsubara H, Michitaka K, Horiike N, et al. Existence of TT virus DNA in extracellular body fluids from normal healthy Japanese subjects. Intervirology 2000;43:16-9.
38. Gallian P, Biagini P, Zhong S, et al. TT virus: a study of molecular epidemiology and transmission of genotypes 1, 2 and 3. J Clin Virol 2000;17:43-9.