High carriage rate of TT virus in the cervices of pregnant women.

Chan, P K; Tam, W H; Yeo, W; Cheung, J L; Zhong, S; Cheng, A F · Clin Infect Dis · 2001

cross_sectional · Level IV

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Abstract

Prevalence studies of the recently identified TT virus (TTV) have suggested that parenteral transmission is a common route of infection, but other routes also appear likely. In this study, a high rate of cervical carriage (66%) of TTV DNA was found by polymerase chain reaction, which suggests that perinatal and sexual transmission is possible.

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