Molecular detection of TT virus and SEN virus infections in hemodialysed patients and blood donors in south of Iran

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 478-480

  Afkari, Rouhi ^a   Pirouzi, Aliyar ^b   Mohsenzadeh, Mehdi ^b   Azadi, Mohammad ^b   Jafari, Mohammad ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Blood donors; hemodialysis; SEN V infection; TT virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEN VIRUS; SEN VIRUS INFECTION; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; TORQUE TENO VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RENAL DIALYSIS; TORQUE TENO VIRUS;

EID: 84875704579     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: 09745130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.107784     Document Type: Article

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