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Mubarak S Alfaresi1, Ayat M Elnazer, Azza S Alzaabi
1Department of Microbiology, Zayed Military Hospital, PO Box 3740, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. uaenow@emirates.net.ae
Objective:
To investigate the rate of infection caused by Torque teno virus (TTV) in United Arab Emirates (UAEs) healthy population as a pilot study in detecting TTV DNA in 100 healthy blood donors.
Methods:
We randomly choose a total of 100 healthy blood donors who attended Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE from January 20 to May 30, 2005. We carried out a real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test to detect TTV DNA.
Results:
Real-time for TTV was positive in 75 (75%) donors. Eight (73%) non-UAE donors were TTV positive while 67 (75%) were UAEs. Among these donors, 72 (77%) were males and 3 (50%) were females.
Conclusion:
Our results demonstrated a high prevalence of TTV in UAE.
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