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
来源：
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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