TRANFUSION-TRANSMITED VIRUS (TTV) IN BRAZIL. PRELIMINARY REPORT

TRANFUSION-TRANSMITED VIRUS (TTV) IN BRAZIL. PRELIMINARY REPORT

TTV is a recently discovered DNA virus, isolated from a patient with post-transfusion hepatitis of unknown etiology by Japanese researchers. In the present study, we evaluated the presence of TTV among chronic liver diseases patients in São Paulo and Pará states, representing two geographically dist...

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Main Authors: João R. R. PINHO, Daniela A. TAKAHASHI, Adriano L. B. FAVA, Neiva S. L. GONÇALES, Flair J. CARRILHO, Raquel S. B STUCCHI, Fernando L. GONÇALES Jr., Luiz C. DA SILVA, Manoel C. P. SOARES, Gilberta BENSABATH, Gregory A. BUCK, Gregory A. MEYERS, A. Plínio BERNARDINI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1998-09-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
Hepatitis non A-E
TTV
Viral hepatitis
Chronic liver diseases
Genotypes
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651998000500015

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