Lack of evidence for an association between TTV infection and severe liver disease

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 183-187

  Viazov, Sergei ^a,e   Stefan Ross, R ^a   Varenholz, Carola ^b   Lange, Reinhard ^c   Holtmann, Marianne ^d   Niel, Christian ^f   Roggendorf, Michael ^a  

^a Institute of Virology   (Germany)

^b Inst of Hyg and Occup Medicine   (Germany)

^c Oswaldo Cruz Foundation ^*  (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^e D I IVANOVSKY INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^f INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blood donors; Liver disease; Transmission; TTV

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FAILURE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA VIRUSES; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENOME, VIRAL; GERMANY; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0345654323     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-0197(98)00060-9     Document Type: Article

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