Clinical outcome of frequent exposure to Torque Teno virus (TTV) through blood transfusion in thalassemia patients with or without hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 365-371

  Hu, Yu Wen ^a,b   Al Moslih, Moslih I ^c   Al Ali, Mahmoud Talib ^d   Uzicanin, Samra ^a   Perkins, Heather ^a   Yi, Qi Long ^a   Khameneh, Shabnam Rahimi ^a   Wu, Jun ^e   Brown, Earl G ^b  

^a CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^d Al Wasl Hospital   (United Arab Emirates)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

HCV thalassemia patient; Liver disease; TTV

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; FERRITIN; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THALASSEMIA; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THALASSEMIA; TORQUE TENO VIRUS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; TORQUE TENO VIRUS;

EID: 37549034305     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21070     Document Type: Article

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