High Carriage Rate of TT Virus in the Cervices of Pregnant Women

Prevalence studies of the recently identified TT virus (TTV) have suggested that parenteral transmission is a common route of infection, but other routes also appear likely. In this study, a high rate of cervical carriage (66%) of TTV DNA was found by polymerase chain reaction, which suggests that p...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical infectious diseases 2001-05, Vol.32 (9), p.1376-1377
Hauptverfasser:	Chan, Paul K. S., Tam, Wing-Hung, Yeo, Winnie, Cheung, Jo L. K., Zhong, Sheng, Cheng, Augustine F.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Biological and medical sciences Blood Blood donation Brief Reports Cervix Uteri - virology DNA Virus Infections - epidemiology DNA Virus Infections - virology DNA viruses DNA, Viral - analysis Female Genotypes Hepatitis Human viral diseases Humans Infections Infectious diseases Medical sciences Miscellaneous Polymerase chain reaction Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - epidemiology Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - virology Prevalence Sexual transmission Torque teno virus Torque teno virus - genetics Torque teno virus - isolation & purification Viral diseases Viruses
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Zusammenfassung:	Prevalence studies of the recently identified TT virus (TTV) have suggested that parenteral transmission is a common route of infection, but other routes also appear likely. In this study, a high rate of cervical carriage (66%) of TTV DNA was found by polymerase chain reaction, which suggests that perinatal and sexual transmission is possible.
ISSN:	1058-4838 1537-6591
DOI:	10.1086/319983