Rapid increase in total torquetenovirus (TTV) plasma viremia load reveals an apparently transient superinfection by a TTV of a novel group 2 genotype

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2571-2574

  Maggi, Fabrizio ^a   Andreoli, Elisabetta ^a   Lanini, Letizia ^a   Meschi, Silvia ^a   Rocchi, Jara ^a   Fornai, Claudia ^a   Vatteroni, Maria Linda ^a   Pistello, Mauro ^a   Bendinelli, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERINFECTION; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIREMIA; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUPERINFECTION; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRAL LOAD; VIREMIA;

TORQUE TENO VIRUS;

EID: 33746216115     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00233-06     Document Type: Article

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