High prevalence of TT virus (TTV) infect
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Forns, Xavier; Hegerich, Patricia; Darnell, Alejandro; Emerson, Suzanne U.; Purc
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Article
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1999
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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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 a cohort of 96 Spanish patients on long-term hemodialysis. TTV DNA was detected by nested PCR in 51 (53%) of 96 pa