Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, October 5th, 2004
According to a study from Portugal, "The prevalence and genotype distribution of human TT viruses (TTV) were analyzed in 312 Portuguese individuals.
"Detection of TTV DNA was carried out by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) through the combined use of N22 and UTR-specific primers and revealed a prevalence of infection of 74%."
"Detection of TTV DNA was not statistically associated to the use of intravenous drugs, infection with HBV, HCV, HIV-1, HIV-1 viral load or CD4 cell count (in HIV-1 infected individuals)," R. Parreira and colleagues reported.
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