| Literature DB >> 11170056 |
M Pistello1, A Morrica, F Maggi, M L Vatteroni, G Freer, C Fornai, F Casula, S Marchi, P Ciccorossi, P Rovero, M Bendinelli.
Abstract
TT virus (TTV) infection is extremely widespread in the general population. A sensitive real-time PCR assay was developed that quantitated accurately the most prevalent TTV genotypes in Italy. When used to test 217 individuals for TTV viraemia, the overall prevalence was 94%. Viraemia levels varied widely amongst individual subjects, with no major differences related to gender or age. The highest TTV titres were in haemophiliacs and in patients with non-A-E hepatitis, but they did not differ from the group with miscellaneous diseases. HIV- and HCV-infected subjects and patients with primary liver diseases had TTV loads similar to those of healthy individuals. Copyright 2001 Wiley-Liss, Inc.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID： 11170056
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Med Virol ISSN： 0146-6615 Impact factor: 2.327