Effect of immune modulation on TT virus (TTV) and TTV-like-mini-virus (TLMV) viremia

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 177-182

  Moen, Eva Merethe ^a   Sagedal, Solbjørg ^b   Bjøro, Kristian ^b   Degré, Miklos ^b   Opstad, Per Kristian ^c   Grinde, Bjørn ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

Author keywords

Circovirus; Interferon; Kidney transplantation; Real time PCR; TorqueTenoMiniVirus; TorqueTenoVirus

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BASILIXIMAB; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OKT 3; PREDNISOLONE; RECOMBINANT ALPHA2B INTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GRAFT REJECTION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; TT VIRUS LIKE MINIVIRUS; VIREMIA; VIRUS REPLICATION;

CIRCOVIRUS; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INTERFERONS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIREMIA;

CIRCOVIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; TT VIRUS; TTV-LIKE MINI VIRUS;

EID: 0344089261     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.10356     Document Type: Article

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