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High prevalence of TT virus (TTV) and TTV-like minivirus in cervical swabs
C Fornai1, F Maggi, M L Vatteroni
1Virology Section and Retrovirus Center, Department of Biomedicine, University of Pisa, Via San Zeno 37, I-56127 Pisa, Italy.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|April 28, 2001
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.