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Comparative Study
. 2000 Jun;38(6):2407-8.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.38.6.2407-2408.2000.

High prevalence of TT virus DNA in human saliva and semen

T Inami  1 , N Konomi, Y Arakawa, K Abe
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Comparative Study

High prevalence of TT virus DNA in human saliva and semen

T Inami et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2000 Jun.

Abstract

Using the PCR assay, we found a high prevalence of TT virus (TTV) DNA in saliva and semen from patients who were seropositive for TTV. This finding suggests that the presence of TTV in body fluids other than serum may affect the routes of viral transmission.

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FIG. 1
Comparison of nucleotide sequences of TTV recovered from paired samples of serum, saliva, and semen from three individuals (cases 4, 6, and 9).
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