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Objective To detect the transfusion transmitted virus-like mini virus(TLMV) sequence gene in patients with chronic hepatitis and to study the TLMV infection in population.Methods Two sets of primers in the most conservative regions of Japan strains TLMV-CBD279 and CBD231 were designed to amplify TLMV templete extracted from sera of patients with chronic hepatitis B using PCR.PCR products were cloned into pGEMR-T vector and sequenced.Results The results showed that 72%of TLMV sequence isolated in China was identical to that in Japan,suggesting that there was TLMV infection in patients with chronic hepatitis B in China.The patients with hepatitis virus C and the healthy blood donor had the highest infectious rates of TLMV.Conclusion TLMV infection exists in patients with chronic hepatitis B in China.
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BACKGROUND: Transfusion-transmitted virus (TTV) is a small DNA virus with single-stranded, closed circular, antisense genome infecting humans. The TTV has been classified into five major genomic groups 1-5. There have been a few studies on TTV prevalence in blood donors and blood products in Korea. However there have been no reports on the TTV genomic groups in Korea. The aim of this study was to gain information on TTV genomic groups in blood products in Korea. METHODS: A total of 50 plasma samples from blood products (25 units each of red blood cell and whole blood) were tested. The samples are obtained from the segments of the blood products. TTV DNA was detected using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with two sets of universal primers (A set and B set), and TTV genomic groups were determined using PCR with group specific primer sets. RESULTS: TTV DNA was detected in 96% (48/50) of the blood products: the TTV genomic group 3 was found the most frequently (52%, 26/50), followed by group 4 (46%, 23/50), group 1 (20%, 10/50), group 5 (10%, 5/20), and group 2 (2%, 1/50). There were seven blood products (14%) infected with TTVs but their genomic groups were not identified with group specific primer sets. Among the blood products, 44% (22/50) were infected with a unique TTV genomic group; 38% (19/50) were coinfected with TTV from 2 (28%, 14/50) or 3 (10%, 5/50) genomic groups. CONCLUSIONS: Blood products are frequently infected with TTV and all five known genomic groups are detected in Korea.
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Humans , Blood Donors , DNA , DNA Viruses , Erythrocytes , Genome , Korea , Plasma , Polymerase Chain Reaction , Prevalence , Torque teno virusABSTRACT
Objective To investigate transfusion transmitted virus (TTV) infection among population of different groups in Shaanxi Province. Methods A nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with primers from ORF1 of TTV genome was established to detect TTV-DNA in serum of the patients. ResultsTTV-DAN was detected in the sera of 3 of 50 cases of general population(6％), 2 of 30 cases of vocational blood donors(6.7%),21 of 97 cases with Type B hepatitis (21. 6％), 9 of 35 cases of Type C hepatitis (25. 7％),and 23 of 40 cases with non-A～ non-G hepatitis (57.5 ％ ). ConclusionThere is TTV infection among general population in Shaanxi Province. TTV may be an impor- tant agent to cause non-A～non-G hepatitis. And the patients with HBV or HCV can have overlapping TTV infection.