new prevalence estimate of tt virus (TTV) infection in low- and high-risk population from São Paulo, Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 233-234

  Bassit, Leda ^a,b   Takei, Kioko ^b   Hoshino Shimizu, Sumie ^b   Nishiya, Anna S ^a   Sabino, Ester C ^a   Bassitt, Rogério P ^a   Focaccia, Roberto ^c   D'Amico, Élbio ^a   Chamone, Dalton F ^a   Ribeiro dos Santos, Gabriela ^a,d  

^a FUNDAÇÃO PRÓ SANGUE HEMOCENTRO DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO DE INFECTOLOGIA EMÍLIO RIBAS   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blood bank; Emergent viruses; Parenteral transfusion; TT virus

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BRAZIL; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEMOPHILIA A; HUMAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; UNTRANSLATED REGION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD DONORS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HEMOPHILIA A; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; UNTRANSLATED REGIONS;

EID: 0036652799     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652002000400010     Document Type: Article

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