A novel DNA virus, TT-virus (TTV), has been reported in patients with non-A-G posttransfusion hepatitis in Japan. We sought to determine whether TTV infection occurs in North American blood donors and to further determine the prevalence of TTV infection in several groups of patients with liver disea
Prevalence of TT virus in patients with fulminant hepatic failure in Japan
β Scribed by Motoharu Tanaka; Shuhei Nishiguchi; Takashi Tanaka; Masaru Enomoto; Tadashi Takeda; Susumu Shiomi; Tetsuo Kuroki; Shuzo Otani
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 69 KB
- Volume
- 34
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0944-1174
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