title: Identification of a third member of the Anellovirus genus ("small anellovirus") in French blood donors.
abstract: We demonstrate for the first time that a putative third member of the genus Anellovirus (TTV/TTMV) is present in the blood of healthy persons (20% prevalence), and also in their PBMNC and saliva samples.
authors.affiliation: Unité des Virus Emergents EA3292, Etablissement Français du Sang Alpes-Méditerranée, Marseille, France. pbiagini-ets-ap@gulliver.fr
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Biagini
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: de Micco
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: de Lamballerie
mesh_terms: D049811:Anelloviridae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001483:Base Sequence; D001782:Blood Donors; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005602:France; D006262:Health; D006801:Humans; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000821:virology; D010802:Phylogeny; D012463:Saliva / Q000821:virology; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral