Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 1999, p. 2703-2705, Vol. 37, No. 8
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Department of
Pathology1 and AIDS Research
Center,
Received 22 February 1999/Returned for modification 28 April
1999/Accepted 18 May 1999
By PCR screening, we found an extremely high prevalence of TT virus
(TTV) in the general populations from different geographic regions.
This suggests that TTV may be a common DNA virus with no clear disease
association in humans. TTV genotyping by phylogenetic analysis was also performed.
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Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of
Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Toyama 1-23-1, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan. Phone: (81) 3-5285-1111, ext. 2624. Fax: (81) 3-5285-1189 or (81) 3-5285-1150. E-mail:
kenjiabe{at}nih.go.jp.
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