Clinical significance of T.T. virus infection in maintenance hemodialysis patients of an endemic area for hepatitis C infection

Clinical significance of T.T. virus infection in maintenance hemodialysis patients of an endemic area for hepatitis C infection

Clinical significance of TTV infection was analyzed in Egyptian hemodialysis (HD) patients. Forty-seven Egyptian patients on maintenance HD and 50 age-matched volunteer blood donors were investigated. TT virus (TTV) DNA detection and genotyping were performed using a semi-nested polymerase chain rea...

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Veröffentlicht in:Hepatology research 2002, Vol.22 (1), p.13-19
Hauptverfasser: Gad, Amal, Tanaka, Eiji, Orii, Koji, Rokuhara, Akinori, Nooman, Zohair, El-Hamid Serwah, Abd, El-Sherif, Assem, El-Essawy, Mohamed, Yoshizawa, Kaname, Kiyosawa, Kendo
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Sprache:eng
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Biological and medical sciences
Chronic hepatitis
Egyptians
Human viral diseases
Infectious diseases
Medical sciences
Viral diseases
Viral hepatitis
Viral infection
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Zusammenfassung:Clinical significance of TTV infection was analyzed in Egyptian hemodialysis (HD) patients. Forty-seven Egyptian patients on maintenance HD and 50 age-matched volunteer blood donors were investigated. TT virus (TTV) DNA detection and genotyping were performed using a semi-nested polymerase chain reaction with specific primers. The prevalence of TTV DNA in patients on HD (66%) was significantly ( P
ISSN:1386-6346
1872-034X
DOI:10.1016/S1386-6346(01)00112-7