TT virus in peripheral blood cells from patients with human papillomavirus (HPV): investigating association with cervical carcinoma

Torque Teno Virus (TTV) presence was investigated in peripheral blood of 117 brazilian women by nested polymerase chain reaction. TTV DNA was observed in 18.6% of healthy donors and in 24.32% Human Papillomavirus (HPV) patients. TTV presence was also investigated in the HPV positive group for compar...

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Main Authors: Patrícia Sayuri Suzuki, Karen Brajão de Oliveira, Ana Cristina do Amaral Herrera, Sueli Donizete Borelli, Roberta Losi Guembarovski, Carlos Eduardo Coral de Oliveira, Julie Massayo Maeda Oda, Patricia Midori Murobushi Ozawa, Maria Angelica Ehara Watanabe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2014-04-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
Subjects:
HPV
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132014000200010&lng=en&tlng=en