Detection and genotyping of torque teno virus (TTV) in healthy blood donors and patients infected with HBV or HCV in Qatar

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1184-1191

  Abuodeh, Raed ^a   Al Mawlawi, Naema ^b   Al Qahtani, Ahmed A ^c,d,e   Bohol, Marie Fe F ^c   Al Ahdal, Mohammed N ^c,d   Hasan, Haydar A ^f   Abuodeh, Lamees ^f   Nasrallah, Gheyath K ^g  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^c KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^d ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^g QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

HBV; HCV; PCR; Phylogenetic analysis; TTV

Indexed keywords

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QATAR; QATARI; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TORQUE TENO VIRUS 1; TORQUE TENO VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS DETECTION; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CLASSIFICATION; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED INFECTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; VIREMIA; VIRUS GENOME; YOUNG ADULT;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NON-A, NON-B HEPATITIS VIRUS; TORQUE TENO VIRUS;

VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COINFECTION; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QATAR; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIREMIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928759524     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.24146     Document Type: Article

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