High carriage rate of TT virus in the cervices of pregnant women.
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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Department of Microbiology, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China. paulkschan@cuhk.edu.hk
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000821:virology*; D004266:DNA Virus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D015995:Prevalence; D022783:Torque teno virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D004279:DNA, Viral