High prevalence of TT virus (TTV) and TTV-like minivirus in cervical swabs

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作者：

Fornai, C

Maggi, F

Vatteroni, ML

Pistello, M

Bendinelli, M

机构：

[1] Univ Pisa, Dept Biomed, Virol Sect, I-56127 Pisa, Italy

[2] Univ Pisa, Dept Biomed, Retrovirus Ctr, I-56127 Pisa, Italy

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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY | 2001年 / 39卷 / 05期

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D O I：

10.1128/JCM.39.5.2022-2024.2001

中图分类号：

Q93 [微生物学];

学科分类号：

071005 ; 100705 ;

摘要：

Genomes of TT virus (TTV) and TTV-like minivirus DNA mere detected in 80% and 61% of cervical swabs from healthy women, respectively, regardless of concurrent human papillomavirus infection. These results show that the potential exists for sexual transmission of TTV and related viruses.

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