Novel TTV variants isolated in an epidemic of hepatitis of unknown etiology

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 113-117

  Liu, Zhihua ^a   Luo, Kangxian ^a   Zheng, Ruidan ^a   Hu, Jing ^a   He, Haitang ^a  

^a FIRST MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Non A E hepatitis; TT virus; Variant

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS NON A TO E; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CHINA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; GENOME, VIRAL; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

DNA VIRUSES; NON-A, NON-B HEPATITIS VIRUS; TT VIRUS;

EID: 0036210521     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.2199     Document Type: Article

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