Prevalence of Torque teno virus in healthy donors of Paraná State, southern Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia

Jocimara Costa Mazzola¹  Patrícia Keiko Saito¹  Roger Haruki Yamakawa¹  Maria Angélica Ehara Watanabe¹  Waldir Veríssimo Da Silva Junior¹  Alessandra Cristina Gobbi Matta¹  Sueli Donizete Borelli¹ 

关键词: Torque teno virus;    Blood donors polymerase;    Chain reaction;    Anellovirus;    Virology;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.bjhh.2015.07.005

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of the Torque teno virus in healthy donors in the northern and northwestern regions of the state of Paraná, southern Brazil.METHODS: The Torque teno virus was detected by a nested polymerase chain reaction using a set of oligoprimers for the N22 region.RESULTS: The prevalence of the virus was 69% in 551 healthy blood donors in southern Brazil. There was no statistically significant difference between the presence of the virus and the variables gender, ethnicity and marital status. There was significant difference in the prevalence of the virus regarding the age of the donors (p-value = 0.024) with a higher incidence (74.7%) in 18- to 24-year-old donors.CONCLUSION: A high prevalence of Torque teno virus was observed in the population studied. Further studies are needed to elucidate the routes of contamination and the clinical implications of the virus in the healthy population.

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