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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2001, p. 2022-2024, Vol. 39, No. 5
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.5.2022-2024.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

High Prevalence of TT Virus (TTV) and TTV-Like Minivirus in Cervical Swabs

Claudia Fornai, Fabrizio Maggi, Maria Linda Vatteroni, Mauro Pistello, and Mauro Bendinelli*

Virology Section and Retrovirus Center, Department of Biomedicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Received 16 October 2000/Returned for modification 30 January 2001/Accepted 6 March 2001

Genomes of TT virus (TTV) and TTV-like minivirus DNA were 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.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Dipartimento di Biomedicina, Università di Pisa, Via San Zeno 37, I-56127 Pisa, Italy. Phone: 39 (50) 559.440. Fax: 39 (50) 559.455. E-mail: bendinelli{at}biomed.unipi.it.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2001, p. 2022-2024, Vol. 39, No. 5
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.5.2022-2024.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.




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