Transfusion‐transmitted virus infection in HIV‐1‐seropositive patients

M Debiaggi, F Zara, P Sacchi, R Bruno… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To investigate the prevalence, persistence and genome heterogeneity of
transfusion‐transmitted (TTV) in HIV‐1‐infected patients, a group at high risk both of …

Molecular epidemiology and clinical implications of TT virus (TTV) infection in Indian subjects

MM Desai, RB Pal, DD Banker - Journal of clinical …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Background: The TTV is a nonenveloped DNA virus, first identified in the peripheral blood of
individuals with posttransfusion hepatitis of unknown etiology. There has been much …

Prevalence of TT virus in plasma pools and blood products

G Pisani, K Cristiano, M Wirz, G Bisso… - British journal of …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
A high prevalence of TT virus (TTV), a novel virus recently identified in the serum of a patient
with post‐transfusion hepatitis of unknown aetiology, has been reported in blood donors …

Transfusion-transmitted virus prevalance in Turkish patients with thalassemia

E Özyürek, K Ergünay, B Kuskonmaz… - Pediatric hematology …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
In hematology patients on chronic transfusion regimes, liver diseases are frequent, and
mostly related to the agents transmitted by blood products and concominant iron deposition …

TT virus infection among hemodialysis patients at a medical center in Taiwan.

YJ Chan, YH Hsu, MC Chen, WW Wong… - … , and Infection= Wei …, 2000 - europepmc.org
Although the association between TT virus (TTV) infection and hepatitis is controversial, the
high prevalence of TTV infection in healthy blood donors and even higher rate among …

Prevalence of transfusion transmitted virus infection and its effect on renal graft survival in renal transplant recipients

M Usta, K Dilek, A Ersoy, B Ozdemir… - … journal of urology …, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: Little is known about the prevalence of transfusion transmitted virus (TTV)
infection in renal transplant recipients (RTxs) and its effects on allograft survival. We …

Detection of TT virus DNA in patients with liver disease and recipients of liver transplant

D Shang, YH Lin, I Rigopoulou, B Chen… - Journal of medical …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
TT virus (TTV) is transfusion‐transmissible but its involvement in post‐transfusion hepatitis is
uncertain. To investigate the potential association of TTV with liver diseases, the prevalence …

The molecular epidemiology and clinical significance of TT virus (TTV) infection in healthy blood donors from southern Taiwan

CY Dai, ML Yu, WL Chuang, CS Wang, ZY Lin… - … and Apheresis Science, 2001 - Elsevier
To evaluate the molecular epidemiology and clinical significance of the TT virus (TTV)
infection in healthy blood donors from southern Taiwan, 475 sera of healthy volunteer blood …

Role of transfusion‐transmitted virus in acute viral hepatitis and fulminant hepatic failure of unknown etiology

K Das, P Kar, RK Gupta, BC Das - Journal of gastroenterology …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Aim: The role of the newly described transfusion‐transmitted virus
(TTV), a circular single‐stranded DNA virus, has been investigated in acute liver disease …

Infection with transfusion-transmitted virus (TTV) in humans and other primates in Venezuela

FH Pujol, E Mejías, CL Loureiro, JE Ludert… - Annals of Tropical …, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Tranfusion-transmitted virus (TTV), a single-stranded circular DNA virus that
chronically infects humans and other animals, displays a high degree of genetic diversity …