TT virus infection in French hemodialysis patients: study of prevalence and risk factors

P Gallian, Y Berland, M Olmer, D Raccah… - Journal of clinical …, 1999 - Am Soc Microbiol
The TT virus (TTV) is a recently discovered DNA virus which was first identified in patients
with non-A to-G hepatitis following blood transfusion. In this study, we tested 150 attendees …

High prevalence of TT virus (TTV) infection in patients on maintenance hemodialysis: frequent mixed infections with different genotypes and lack of evidence of …

X Forns, P Hegerich, A Darnell… - Journal of medical …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, a novel DNA virus, TT virus (TTV), was identified in patients with post‐transfusion
non‐A‐G hepatitis. We analyzed the prevalence and clinical implications of TTV infection in …

Prevalence of TT virus in serum and peripheral mononuclear cells from a CAPD population

G Barril, JM López–Alcorocho, A Bajo… - Peritoneal dialysis …, 2000 - journals.sagepub.com
Background A novel virus named TT virus (TTV) has been isolated recently from patients
with posttransfusional hepatitis of unknown etiology. The prevalence of TTV in several …

Prevalence of TT virus infection in Italian-dialysis patients

D Rivanera, MA Lozzi, C Idili, D Lilli - Pathologie Biologie, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: A novel DNA virus, transfusion-transmitted virus (TTV) is identified from the
serum of a patient from acute hepatitis non-A–E. Few reports have been published on …

Prevalence and viral persistence of TT virus in patients on hemodialysis

NM Martinez, F Garcia, J Garcia-Valdecasas… - European Journal of …, 2000 - Springer
The aim of this study was toevaluate the prevalence of TT virus (TTV) in 107 hemodialysis
patients and 100 healthy individuals. Sixteen percent of hemodialysis patients and 2% of the …

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 …

Transmission of and liver injury by TT virus in patients on maintenance hemodialysis

T Oguchi, E Tanaka, K Orii, M Kobayashi… - Journal of …, 1999 - Springer
To study the prevalence and clinical significance of TT virus (TTV) infection in hemodialysis
patients, we tested for TTV DNA in serum, using the nested polymerase chain reaction. The …

TT virus infection in haemodialysis patients

N Campo, R Brizzolara, N Sinelli, F Torre… - Nephrology Dialysis …, 2000 - academic.oup.com
Background. The recent discovery of a new parenterally transmitted DNA virus called TT
virus (TTV) led us to investigate its prevalence in haemodialysis patients, a high‐risk group …

TT virus infection in hemodialysis patients

S Utsunomiya, K Yoshioka, T Wakita, H Seno… - The American journal of …, 1999 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Recently, TT virus (TTV), associated with posttransfusion hepatitis, was
discovered. Prevalence of TTV infection in maintenance hemodialysis (HD) units and its …

Determination and phylogenetic analysis of partial sequences from TT virus isolates

P Biagini, P Gallian, H Attoui… - Journal of General …, 1999 - microbiologyresearch.org
Sera from French in-patients were tested for the presence of the TT virus (TTV) genome
using PCR and degenerate primers located in ORF1. Thirty-six sequences were determined …