Prevalence and genetic diversity of TT virus genotype 21 (YONBAN virus) in Brazil

Archives of Virology

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 517-529

  Vasconcelos, H C F ^a   Gomes, S A ^b   Cataldo, M ^b   Niel, C ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

DNA VIRUSES; PROKARYOTA; TT VIRUS; TT VIRUS GENOTYPE 21;

EID: 0037336244     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-002-0928-x     Document Type: Article

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