Prevalence of transfusion-transmitted virus infection in patients on maintenance hemodialysis from New Delhi, India

High prevalence of TT virus (TTV) infect

High prevalence of TT virus (TTV) infection in patients on maintenance hemodialysis: Frequent mixed infections with different genotypes and lack of evidence of associated liver disease

✍ Forns, Xavier; Hegerich, Patricia; Darnell, Alejandro; Emerson, Suzanne U.; Purc 📂 Article 📅 1999 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 87 KB 👁 2 views

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