Torque teno virus in fecal samples of patients with gastroenteritis: Prevalence, genogroups distribution, and viral load

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1107-1111

  Pinho Nascimento, Carlos Augusto ^a   Leite, José Paulo Gagliardi ^a   Niel, Christian ^a   Diniz Mendes, Leonardo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anelloviridae; Brazil; Coinfection; Feces; PCR; TTV

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

DNA VIRUSES; TORQUE TENO VIRUS;

EID: 79954620591     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.22024     Document Type: Article

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