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. 2001 May;39(5):2022-4.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.39.5.2022-2024.2001.

High prevalence of TT virus (TTV) and TTV-like minivirus in cervical swabs

C Fornai  1 , F Maggi, M L Vatteroni, M Pistello, M Bendinelli
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High prevalence of TT virus (TTV) and TTV-like minivirus in cervical swabs

C Fornai et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2001 May.

Abstract

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.

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Phylogenetic analysis of the TLMV isolates based on a 265-bp UTR segment (nt 36 to 300). Isolate NLC023 (13) was used as an outgroup. The bar indicates the number of nucleotide substitutions per site. The sequences from cervical swabs are marked with ●, while reference sequences are indicated by the isolate name only. Sequences obtained in our laboratory from seven plasma samples (■) and two liver biopsy specimens (▴) are also shown.
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