Genetic relationship of torque teno virus (TTV) between humans and camels in United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 188-191

  Al Moslih, Moslih I ^a   Perkins, Heather ^b   Hu, Yu Wen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^b CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

5 UTR; Camel; Milk; PCR reaction; TTV

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CAMEL; CROSS INFECTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MILK; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SERUM; SPECIES COMPARISON; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CAMELS; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MILK; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ANIMALIA; CAMELIDAE; TORQUE TENO VIRUS;

EID: 33845965664     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20776     Document Type: Article

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