ReviewClinical microbiology reviews2001
Molecular properties, biology, and clinical implications of TT virus, a recently identified widespread infectious agent of humans.
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- Molecular detection of Torque teno sus virus from domestic pigs in North Central, Nigeria, 2022-2023.Veterinary journal (London, England : 1997) · 2026Article
- Salivary Excretion Of Torque Teno Virus And Sars-Cov-2 In Children Who Underwent Kidney Transplantation.Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 2026Observational
- Case Report: Torque teno virus identified in pleural effusion of pediatric severe Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia: diagnostic and therapeutic implications.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- TTV Species Diversity as a Novel Biomarker of Immune Dysregulation in Aging.Journal of medical virology · 2025Article
- Torque Teno Virus: Lights and Shades.Viruses · 2025Review
- Immune Monitoring Goes Viral - Torque Teno Virus for Immunologic Risk Stratification After Kidney Transplantation.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2025Review
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- Torque Teno Virus (TTV) in Renal Transplant Recipients: Species Diversity and Variability.Viruses · 2024Article
- Discovery and comparative genomic analysis of a novel equine anellovirus, representing the first complete Mutorquevirus genome.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- TTV and other anelloviruses: The astonishingly wide spread of a viral infection.Aspects of molecular medicine · 2023Review
- Evolution of anelloviruses from a circovirus-like ancestor through gradual augmentation of the jelly-roll capsid protein.Virus evolution · 2023Article
- Genetic Analysis of Torque Teno Canis Virus Identified in Republic of Korea.Veterinary sciences · 2022Article
- Viral metagenomics reveals persistent as well as dietary acquired viruses in Antarctic fur seals.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Plasma Torquetenovirus (TTV) microRNAs and severity of COVID-19.Virology journal · 2022Article
- Discovery of two novelFrontiers in microbiology · 2022Article
- Quantification of torque teno virus (TTV) DNA in saliva and plasma samples in patients at short time before and after kidney transplantation.Journal of oral microbiology · 2022Article
- Chronic Myeloid Leukemia in Children: Immune Function and Vaccinations.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
- Torque Teno Virus plasma level as novel biomarker of retained immunocompetence in HIV-infected patients.Infection · 2021Article
- Redondovirus DNA in human respiratory samples.Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology · 2020Article
- Human anelloviruses: diverse, omnipresent and commensal members of the virome.FEMS microbiology reviews · 2020Review
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Abstract
TT virus (TTV) was first described in 1997 by representational difference analysis of sera from non-A to non-G posttransfusion hepatitis patients and hence intensively investigated as a possible addition to the list of hepatitis-inducing viruses. The TTV genome is a covalently closed single-stranded DNA of approximately 3.8 kb with a number of characteristics typical of animal circoviruses, especially the chicken anemia virus. TTV is genetically highly heterogeneous, which has led investigators to group isolates into numerous genotypes and subtypes and has limited the sensitivity of many PCR assays used for virus detection. The most remarkable feature of TTV is the extraordinarily high prevalence of chronic viremia in apparently healthy people, up to nearly 100% in some countries. The original hypothesis that it might be an important cause of cryptogenic hepatitis has not been borne out, although the possibility that it may produce liver damage under specific circumstances has not been excluded. The virus has not yet been etiologically linked to any other human disease. Thus, TTV should be considered an orphan virus.
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