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TT virus infection is widespread in the general populations from different geographic regions

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Volume 37, No. 8, Year 1999

By PCR screening, we found an extremely high prevalence of TT virus (TTV) in the general populations from different geographic regions. This suggests that TTV may be a common DNA virus with no clear disease association in humans. TTV genotyping by phylogenetic analysis was also performed.
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Citations: 117
Authors: 12
Affiliations: 7
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study