TTV infection in children born to mothers infected with TTV but not with HBV, HCV, or HIV

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 499-506

  Komatsu, Haruki ^a,c   Inui, Ayno ^a   Sogo, Tsuyoshi ^a   Kuroda, Koichi ^a   Tanaka, Toshio ^b   Fujisawa, Tomoo ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Medical and Dental University ^*  (Japan)

^c Ground Self Defense Force   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis; Mother child transmission; Phylogenetic analysis; TTV; Viremia

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFANT; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOTHER CHILD TRANSMISSION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIREMIA; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIREMIA;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; TT VIRUS;

EID: 4644255338     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20204     Document Type: Article

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