New prevalence estimate of TT virus (TTV) infection in low- and high-risk population from São Paulo, Brazil

New prevalence estimate of TT virus (TTV) infection in low- and high-risk population from São Paulo, Brazil

The prevalence of TT virus (TTV) infection was investigated by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) in low- (blood donors and healthy children/adolescents) and high-risk (hemophiliacs) groups from São Paulo, Brazil. Primers based on the untranslated region (UTR) of the viral genome proved to be much more...

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Main Authors: BASSIT Leda, TAKEI Kioko, HOSHINO-SHIMIZU Sumie, NISHIYA Anna S., SABINO Ester C., BASSITT Rogério P., FOCACCIA Roberto, D'AMICO Élbio, CHAMONE Dalton F., RIBEIRO-DOS-SANTOS Gabriela
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2002-01-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
TT virus
Emergent viruses
Parenteral transfusion
Blood bank
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