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A PSAP motif in the ORF3 protein of hepatitis E virus is necessary for virion release from infected cells.

scientific article published on 10 November 2010

A case of acute hepatitis E associated with multidrug hypersensitivity and cytomegalovirus reactivation

scientific article published in February 2007

A case of acute hepatitis with positive autoantibodies who actually had hepatitis E virus infection

scientific article published on 31 May 2005

A case of acute hepatitis C caused by interspousal transmission after 30 years of marriage

scientific article

A first case of pregnant woman who contracted infection of indigenous genotype 3 hepatitis E virus in Japan

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A male patient with severe acute hepatitis who was domestically infected with a genotype H hepatitis B virus in Iwate, Japan

scientific article published in February 2007

A marked decrease in CD4-positive lymphocytes at the onset of hepatitis in a patient with hepatitis-associated aplastic anemia

scientific article published in July 2012

A monoclonal antibody against a hepatitis B e antigen epitope borne by six amino acids encoded by the precore region

scientific article published on November 1997

A nationwide molecular epidemiological study on hepatitis B virus in Indonesia: identification of two novel subgenotypes, B8 and C7.

scientific article

A nationwide survey of hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection in wild boars in Japan: identification of boar HEV strains of genotypes 3 and 4 and unrecognized genotypes

scientific article published on 8 April 2011

A nationwide survey of hepatitis E virus infection in the general population of Japan

scientific article

A novel DNA virus (TTV) associated with elevated transaminase levels in posttransfusion hepatitis of unknown etiology

scientific article published in December 1997

A patient with clinical features of acute hepatitis E viral infection and autoimmune hepatitis

scientific article published in June 2005

A second-generation method of genotyping hepatitis C virus by the polymerase chain reaction with sense and antisense primers deduced from the core gene

scientific article published on March 1996

A structurally flexible and antigenically variable N-terminal domain of the hepatitis C virus E2/NS1 protein: implication for an escape from antibody.

scientific article published in July 1993

A549 and PLC/PRF/5 cells can support the efficient propagation of swine and wild boar hepatitis E virus (HEV) strains: demonstration of HEV infectivity of porcine liver sold as food

scientific article

An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with monoclonal antibodies for the determination of phosphorylated hepatitis B core protein (p21c) in serum

Analysis of adaptive mutations selected during the consecutive passages of hepatitis E virus produced from an infectious cDNA clone.

scientific article published on 30 July 2016

Analysis of hepatitis B surface antigen mutations in Mongolia: molecular epidemiology and implications for mass vaccination

scientific article

Analysis of human and swine hepatitis E virus (HEV) isolates of genotype 3 in Japan that are only 81-83 % similar to reported HEV isolates of the same genotype over the entire genome

scientific article published in August 2006

Analysis of the complete genome of indigenous swine hepatitis E virus isolated in Japan

scientific article published on December 2001

Analysis of the entire genomes of fifteen torque teno midi virus variants classifiable into a third group of genus Anellovirus

scientific article published on 23 August 2007

Analysis of the entire genomes of thirteen TT virus variants classifiable into the fourth and fifth genetic groups, isolated from viremic infants

scientific article published on January 2002

Analysis of the entire genomes of torque teno midi virus variants in chimpanzees: infrequent cross-species infection between humans and chimpanzees.

scientific article published in February 2009

Analysis of the full-length genome of a hepatitis E virus isolate obtained from a wild boar in Japan that is classifiable into a novel genotype

scientific article published on 12 January 2011

Analysis of the full-length genome of a subgenotype IIIB hepatitis A virus isolate: primers for broadly reactive PCR and genotypic analysis.

scientific article

Analysis of the full-length genome of genotype 4 hepatitis E virus isolates from patients with fulminant or acute self-limited hepatitis E.

scientific article published in April 2006

Analysis of the full-length genome of hepatitis B virus in the serum and cerebrospinal fluid of a patient with acute hepatitis B and transverse myelitis.

scientific article published on 4 March 2008

Analysis of the full-length genome of hepatitis E virus isolates obtained from farm pigs in Mongolia

scientific article published on August 2007

Analysis of the full-length genome of hepatitis E virus isolates obtained from wild boars in Japan

scientific article

Analysis of the full-length genomes of novel hepatitis B virus subgenotypes C11 and C12 in Papua, Indonesia.

scientific article

Association of circulating hepatitis G virus with lipoproteins for a lack of binding with antibodies.

scientific article

Autochthonous sporadic acute hepatitis E caused by two distinct subgenotype 3b hepatitis E virus strains with only 90% nucleotide identity.

scientific article published on 15 February 2017

Characterization of Japanese swine and human hepatitis E virus isolates of genotype IV with 99 % identity over the entire genome

scientific article published on May 2003

Characterization of genotype H hepatitis B virus strain identified for the first time from a Japanese blood donor by nucleic acid amplification test

scientific article

Characterization of seven genotypes (A to E, G and H) of hepatitis B virus recovered from Japanese patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1.

scientific article

Characterization of the Quasi-Enveloped Hepatitis E Virus Particles Released by the Cellular Exosomal Pathway

scientific article published on 6 September 2017

Circulating KL-6 level at baseline is a predictive indicator for the occurrence of interstitial pneumonia during interferon treatment for chronic hepatitis C.

scientific article published in June 2003

Clinical and molecular virological differences between fulminant hepatic failures following acute and chronic infection with hepatitis B virus

scientific article published in May 1998

Clinical and virologic features of hepatitis E virus infection at a university hospital in Japan between 2000 and 2019

scientific article published on 01 July 2020

Comparison of hepatitis A and E virus infections among healthy children in Mongolia: evidence for infection with a subgenotype IA HAV in children

scientific article

Complete genomes for hepatitis C virus subtypes 6f, 6i, 6j and 6m: viral genetic diversity among Thai blood donors and infected spouses

scientific article published in May 2007

Complete genomes of hepatitis C virus (HCV) subtypes 6c, 6l, 6o, 6p and 6q: completion of a full panel of genomes for HCV genotype 6.

scientific article published in May 2007

Consensus proposals for a unified system of nomenclature of hepatitis C virus genotypes

scientific article (publication date: October 2005)

Construction of an infectious cDNA clone of hepatitis E virus strain JE03-1760F that can propagate efficiently in cultured cells

scientific article published in February 2009

Contribution of hepatitis C virus to non-A, non-B fulminant hepatitis in Japan

scientific article published in April 1994

Correlation between positivity for immunoglobulin A antibodies and viraemia of swine hepatitis E virus observed among farm pigs in Japan

scientific article published in June 2005

Cytotoxic T lymphocyte response and viral load in hepatitis C virus infection

scientific article published in March 1997

DNA immunization of the grafted liver by particle-mediated gene gun.

scientific article published in November 2003

Declining hepatitis C virus (HCV) prevalence in pregnant women: impact of anti-HCV screening of donated blood

scientific article published on 13 November 2009

Defects in the precore region of the HBV genome in patients with chronic hepatitis B after sustained seroconversion from HBeAg to anti-HBe induced spontaneously or with interferon therapy

scientific article published on 01 December 1990

Determination of antibodies to TT virus (TTV) and application to blood donors and patients with post-transfusion non-A to G hepatitis in Japan

scientific article published in February 1999

Determination of the 5'-terminal sequence of subgenomic RNA of hepatitis E virus strains in cultured cells.

scientific article

Development and characterization of a genotype 4 hepatitis E virus cell culture system using a HE-JF5/15F strain recovered from a fulminant hepatitis patient.

scientific article published on 15 April 2009

Development and validation of an improved RT-PCR assay with nested universal primers for detection of hepatitis E virus strains with significant sequence divergence.

scientific article published on 9 August 2006

Development of PCR assays with nested primers specific for differential detection of three human anelloviruses and early acquisition of dual or triple infection during infancy.

scientific article published on 19 December 2007

Differential effect of cytotoxic T lymphocyte variant epitopes on generation and cytotoxicity in chronic hepatitis C virus infection

scientific article published in October 2002

Differentiation of hepatitis B virus genotypes D and E by ELISA using monoclonal antibodies to epitopes on the preS2-region product

scientific article published in June 2000

Distinct changing profiles of hepatitis A and E virus infection among patients with acute hepatitis in Mongolia: The first report of the full genome sequence of a novel genotype 1 hepatitis E virus strain

scientific article published on 4 August 2017

Distinct changing profiles of hepatitis A and E virus infection among patients with acute hepatitis, patients on maintenance hemodialysis and healthy individuals in Japan

scientific article published in August 2006

Distinct genotypes of a nonenveloped DNA virus associated with posttransfusion non-A to G hepatitis (TT virus) in plasma and peripheral blood mononuclear cells

scientific article published in March 1999

Distribution of hepatitis C genotype and co-infection rate with hepatitis G in Saudi Arabia

scientific article published on 01 October 2002

Effect of interferon on GB virus C and hepatitis C virus in hepatitis patients with the co-infection

scientific article published on June 1997

Effect of interferon on a nonenveloped DNA virus (TT virus) associated with acute and chronic hepatitis of unknown etiology

scientific article published in July 1999

Efficient cell culture systems for hepatitis E virus strains in feces and circulating blood.

scientific article published on January 2011

Evolution in the hypervariable region of the hepatitis C virus in two infants infected by mother-to-infant transmission.

scientific article

Excretion into bile of a novel unenveloped DNA virus (TT virus) associated with acute and chronic non-A-G hepatitis

scientific article published in May 1999

Fecal excretion of a nonenveloped DNA virus (TTV) associated with posttransfusion non-A-G hepatitis

scientific article published in October 1998

Frequent detection and characterization of hepatitis E virus variants in wild rats (Rattus rattus) in Indonesia.

scientific article

Full genome analysis of Philippine indigenous subgenotype IA hepatitis A virus strains from Japanese patients with imported acute hepatitis A.

scientific article published on 29 April 2013

Full-length genome sequences of five hepatitis C virus isolates representing subtypes 3g, 3h, 3i and 3k, and a unique genotype 3 variant ⬇️

scientific article published on November 14, 2012

Full-length genomic sequences of new subtype 1g hepatitis E virus strains obtained from four patients with imported or autochthonous acute hepatitis E in Japan

scientific article published on 5 October 2017

Full-length sequences of subgenotype IIIA and IIIB hepatitis A virus isolates: characterization of genotype III HAV genomes

scientific article published on 21 March 2007

Fulminant Hepatitis E in Japan

scientific article published on 01 October 2002

Fulminant hepatitis related to transmission of hepatitis B variants with precore mutations between spouses

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Genetic Variability and Evolution of Hepatitis E Virus

scientific article published on 18 May 2019

Genetic changes in hepatitis E virus of subtype 1a in patients with sporadic acute hepatitis E in Kathmandu, Nepal, from 1997 to 2002.

scientific article published on January 2004

Genetic variability and evolution of hepatitis E virus.

scientific article published on 23 March 2007

HLA B44-restricted cytotoxic T lymphocyte responses to the peptides of HCV nucleoprotein residues 81-100 in patients with chronic hepatitis C.

scientific article published on December 1995

HLA DRB1 and DQB1 alleles and haplotypes influencing the progression of hepatitis C

scientific article published on 01 August 1996

Helicobacter pylori and TT virus prevalence in Japanese children

scientific article published in January 2003

Hepatitis B virus subtypes and hepatitis C virus genotypes in patients with chronic liver disease in Nepal

scientific article published in April 1994

Hepatitis B virus subtypes and hepatitis C virus genotypes in patients with chronic liver disease or on maintenance hemodialysis in Indonesia.

scientific article published on June 1994

Hepatitis C virus antibody, viral RNA and genotypes in leprous patients in Japan

scientific article published on April 1996

Hepatitis C virus infection in Waldenström's macroglobulinemia

scientific article published in July 1996

Hepatitis C virus infection in patients with chronic liver disease or chronic renal failure and blood donors in Thailand

scientific article published in November 1994

Hepatitis C virus infection in patients with psoriasis

scientific article published on November 1996

Hepatitis C virus infection in patients with urticaria

scientific article published on August 1996

Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) strains in serum samples can replicate efficiently in cultured cells despite the coexistence of HEV antibodies: characterization of HEV virions in blood circulation.

scientific article

Hepatitis E virus cell culture models.

scientific article published on 21 February 2011

Hepatitis-associated aplastic anemia during a primary infection of genotype 1a torque teno virus

scientific article published on 09 December 2009

High TT virus load as an independent factor associated with the occurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma among patients with hepatitis C virus-related chronic liver disease

scientific article published in August 2002

High genomic similarity between European type hepatitis E virus subgenotype 3e strains isolated from an acute hepatitis patient and a wild boar in Mie, Japan.

scientific article published on 27 May 2013

High prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis A and E viruses and viremia of hepatitis B, C, and D viruses among apparently healthy populations in Mongolia.

scientific article published on March 2004

High prevalence of dual or triple infection of hepatitis B, C, and delta viruses among patients with chronic liver disease in Mongolia.

scientific article

High prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection and inferior vena cava obstruction among patients with liver cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma in Nepal

scientific article published in November 2007

High prevalence of hepatitis B, C and delta virus infections among blood donors in Mongolia.

scientific article

High prevalence of hepatitis delta virus infection detectable by enzyme immunoassay among apparently healthy individuals in Mongolia.

scientific article published on July 2005

High-dose (9 MU) long-term (60 weeks) alfa-interferon therapy for chronic hepatitis patients infected with HCV genotype 1b.

scientific article published on January 1998

History of discoveries and pathogenicity of TT viruses

scientific article

Icteric acute hepatitis E with no response of immunoglobulin M class anti-hepatitis E virus antibody

scientific article published in November 2012

Identification and characterization of a natural inter-genotypic (2b/1b) recombinant hepatitis C virus in Japan

scientific article published on 4 June 2011

Identification and characterization of novel hepatitis B virus subgenotype C10 in Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

scientific article

Identification and full-genome characterization of novel circoviruses in masked palm civets (Paguma larvata)

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Identification and genomic characterization of a novel human torque teno virus of 3.2 kb.

scientific article published on July 2007

Identification and whole genome characterization of novel anelloviruses in masked palm civets (Paguma larvata): Segregation into four distinct clades

scholarly article by Tsutomu Nishizawa published in September 2018

Identification of a genotype III swine hepatitis E virus that was isolated from a Japanese pig born in 1990 and that is most closely related to Japanese isolates of human hepatitis E virus

scientific article published on March 2003

Identification of four novel subgenotypes (C13-C16) and two inter-genotypic recombinants (C12/G and C13/B3) of hepatitis B virus in Papua province, Indonesia.

scientific article

Identification of genotype 4 hepatitis E virus strains from a patient with acute hepatitis E and farm pigs in Bali, Indonesia

scientific article

Identification of indigenous hepatitis E virus from a Japanese patient who contracted sporadic acute hepatitis in 1982.

scientific article published in November 2002

IgM-class antibodies to TT virus (TTV) in patients with acute TTV infection

scientific article published in January 2001

Impaired induction of cytotoxic T lymphocytes by antagonism of a weak agonist borne by a variant hepatitis C virus epitope

scientific article published on July 1997

Infection by an unenveloped DNA virus associated with non-A to -G hepatitis in Japanese blood donors with or without elevated ALT levels

scientific article published in May 1999

Infection of TT virus in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

scientific article published in December 2001

Infection of a Japanese patient by genotype 4 hepatitis e virus while traveling in Vietnam.

scientific article

Infection with GB virus C (GBV-C) in patients with fulminant hepatitis

scientific article published on December 1996

Infection with GB virus C and hepatitis C virus in drug addicts, patients on maintenance hemodialysis, or with chronic liver disease in Nepal

scientific article published on October 1997

Infection with GB virus C and hepatitis C virus in hemodialysis patients and blood donors in Beijing

scientific article published on May 1997

Infection with GB virus C in female prisoners who were drug abusers in Japan

scientific article published on September 1996

Infection with GB virus C in leprous patients in Japan

scientific article published on June 1996

Infection with GB virus C in patients with chronic liver disease

scientific article published on March 1997

Infection with an unenveloped DNA virus (TTV) associated with posttransfusion non-A to G hepatitis in hepatitis patients and healthy blood donors in Thailand

scientific article

Infection with an unenveloped DNA virus (TTV) in patients with acute or chronic liver disease of unknown etiology and in those positive for hepatitis C virus RNA.

scientific article published in February 1999

Infection with hepatitis A, B, C, and delta viruses among patients with acute hepatitis in Mongolia

scientific article published in May 2006

Infection with hepatitis GB virus C in patients on maintenance hemodialysis

scientific article published in June 1996

Influence of TT virus infection on the thrombocytopenia of patients with chronic liver disease

scientific article

Influence of TT virus on the clinical course of alcoholic liver disease

scientific article published in February 2001

Influence of TT virus on the histopathological features of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

scientific article published in March 2001

Influence of antibodies to the hypervariable region of E2/NS1 glycoprotein on the selective replication of hepatitis C virus in chimpanzees

scientific article published in November 1994

Influence of the genotypes of hepatitis C virus on the severity of recurrent liver disease after liver transplantation

scientific article published in April 1995

Initial load of hepatitis B virus (HBV), its changing profile, and precore/core promoter mutations correlate with the severity and outcome of acute HBV infection

scientific article published on 30 March 2007

Inverse relationship between the titre of TT virus DNA and the CD4 cell count in patients infected with HIV.

scientific article published in March 2001

Marked genomic heterogeneity and frequent mixed infection of TT virus demonstrated by PCR with primers from coding and noncoding regions

scientific article published in July 1999

Molecular analysis of hepatitis E virus from farm rabbits in Inner Mongolia, China and its successful propagation in A549 and PLC/PRF/5 cells

scientific article

Molecular analysis of transmission of hepatitis C virus in a nurse who acquired acute hepatitis C after caring for a viremic patient with epistaxis

scientific article published on August 2009

Molecular and serological characterization of sporadic acute hepatitis E in a Japanese patient infected with a genotype III hepatitis E virus in 1993.

scientific article published in February 2003

Molecular and serological survey of hepatitis E virus infection among domestic pigs in Inner Mongolia, China

scientific article

Molecular epidemiology and genetic history of European-type genotype 3 hepatitis E virus indigenized in the central region of Japan.

scientific article published on 15 June 2012

Molecular investigation of hepatitis E virus infection in domestic and miniature pigs used for medical experiments

scientific article published on November 2004

Molecular investigation of hepatitis E virus infection in patients with acute hepatitis in Kathmandu, Nepal

scientific article published on February 2003

Molecular investigation of interspousal transmission of hepatitis C virus in two Japanese patients who acquired acute hepatitis C after 40 or 42 years of marriage.

scientific article published on February 2005

Monitoring serum hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA in patients with HCV-infected CD20-positive B-cell lymphoma undergoing rituximab combination chemotherapy

scientific article

Monoclonal antibodies raised against the ORF3 protein of hepatitis E virus (HEV) can capture HEV particles in culture supernatant and serum but not those in feces.

scientific article

Mother-to-infant transmission of GB virus type C/HGV.

scientific article published in June 2000

Mutation rate of GB virus C/hepatitis G virus over the entire genome and in subgenomic regions

scientific article published on June 1997

New findings regarding the epidemic history and population dynamics of Japan-indigenous genotype 3 hepatitis E virus inferred by molecular evolution

scientific article published on 18 December 2011

No evidence for patient-to-patient transmission of hepatitis C virus during upper gastrointestinal endoscopy: molecular studies on three acute hepatitis C patients.

scientific article published on July 2009

Non-A, non-B hepatitis specific antibodies directed at host-derived epitope: implication for an autoimmune process

scientific article published in December 1990

Nucleotide substitutions of hepatitis E virus genomes associated with fulminant hepatitis and disease severity

scientific article published in August 2009

Ongoing subclinical infection of hepatitis E virus among blood donors with an elevated alanine aminotransferase level in Japan

scientific article published on June 2007

Persistence of hepatitis B viremia after recovery from acute hepatitis B: correlation between anti-HBc titer and HBV DNA in serum

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Phosphorylation of serine-rich protein encoded by open reading frame 3 of the TT virus genome

scientific article published on August 2001

Possible association of vigorous hepatitis B virus replication with the development of fulminant hepatitis

scientific article published in April 2006

Possible risk factors for the transmission of hepatitis E virus and for the severe form of hepatitis E acquired locally in Hokkaido, Japan

scientific article published in July 2005

Presence of antibodies to hepatitis E virus in Japanese pet cats

scientific article published in February 2004

Prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis E virus among Japanese blood donors: identification of three blood donors infected with a genotype 3 hepatitis E virus

scientific article published on August 2004

Prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis E virus among apparently healthy humans and pigs in Bali, Indonesia: Identification of a pig infected with a genotype 4 hepatitis E virus.

scientific article published in May 2004

Prevalence of hepatitis B, C, and delta virus infections among children in Mongolia: progress in childhood immunization

scientific article

Prevalence of hepatitis E virus (HEV) Infection in wild boars and deer and genetic identification of a genotype 3 HEV from a boar in Japan

scientific article

Prevalence of hepatitis E virus infection among hemodialysis patients in Japan: evidence for infection with a genotype 3 HEV by blood transfusion

scientific article published in December 2004

Production of monoclonal antibodies against hepatitis E virus capsid protein and evaluation of their neutralizing activity in a cell culture system.

scientific article published on 12 February 2008

Production of monoclonal antibodies against the ORF3 protein of rat hepatitis E virus (HEV) and demonstration of the incorporation of the ORF3 protein into enveloped rat HEV particles.

scientific article

Prolonged fecal shedding of hepatitis E virus (HEV) during sporadic acute hepatitis E: evaluation of infectivity of HEV in fecal specimens in a cell culture system.

scientific article

Quantitative HCV RNA and effect of interferon therapy in chronic hepatitis C.

scientific article published on December 1992

Rat hepatitis E virus derived from wild rats (Rattus rattus) propagates efficiently in human hepatoma cell lines

scientific article

Reduced precore transcription and enhanced core-pregenome transcription of hepatitis B virus DNA after replacement of the precore-core promoter with sequences associated with e antigen-seronegative persistent infections.

scientific article published on December 1996

Replicative forms of TT virus DNA in bone marrow cells

scientific article published in April 2000

Response to Interferon-α2a in Patients with e Antigen-Negative Chronic Hepatitis B

scientific article published on 01 September 1997

Risk factors for the development of hepatocellular carcinoma among patients with chronic hepatitis C who achieved a sustained virological response to interferon therapy

scientific article published in May 2005

SDS-PAGE after micro-affinity adsorption for analysis of heterogeneous antigen polypeptides in individual sera

scientific article published on 01 January 1993

Safety and efficacy of a recombinant yeast-derived pre-S2 + S-containing hepatitis B vaccine (TGP-943): phase 1, 2 and 3 clinical testing

scientific article published on 01 September 1994

Screening of novel drugs for inhibiting hepatitis E virus replication

scientific article published on 17 April 2019

Sequestration of TT virus of restricted genotypes in peripheral blood mononuclear cells

scientific article

Serological and molecular studies on subclinical hepatitis E virus infection using periodic serum samples obtained from healthy individuals

scientific article

Simultaneous detection of immunoglobulin A (IgA) and IgM antibodies against hepatitis E virus (HEV) Is highly specific for diagnosis of acute HEV infection

scientific article

Species-specific TT viruses and cross-species infection in nonhuman primates

scientific article

Species-specific TT viruses in humans and nonhuman primates and their phylogenetic relatedness

scientific article published on November 2000

Sporadic acute hepatitis E occurred constantly during the last decade in northeast Japan

scientific article published on 7 March 2009

Sporadic acute or fulminant hepatitis E in Hokkaido, Japan, may be food-borne, as suggested by the presence of hepatitis E virus in pig liver as food

scientific article published in September 2003

Subtyping hepatitis B virus DNA in free or integrated forms by amplification of the S-gene sequences by the polymerase chain reaction and single-track sequencing for adenine

scientific article published in May 1990

Superinfection of chimpanzees carrying hepatitis C virus of genotype II/1b with that of genotype III/2a or I/1a

scientific article published in November 1994

TT virus infection in cases of fulminant hepatic failure-evaluation by clonality based on amino acid sequence of hypervariable regions

scientific article published in September 2001

TT virus is distributed in various leukocyte subpopulations at distinct levels, with the highest viral load in granulocytes

scientific article published in January 2002

TT virus mRNAs detected in the bone marrow cells from an infected individual

scientific article published in December 2000

TT virus of certain genotypes may reduce the platelet count in patients who achieve a sustained virologic response to interferon treatment for chronic hepatitis C.

scientific article

TT virus: virological and genomic characteristics and disease associations.

scientific article

The entire nucleotide sequence of a TT virus isolate from the United States (TUS01): comparison with reported isolates and phylogenetic analysis

scientific article published on July 1999

The entire nucleotide sequences of two distinct TT virus (TTV) isolates (TJN01 and TJN02) remotely related to the original TTV isolates

scientific article published on January 2000

The identification and characterization of novel rat hepatitis E virus strains in Bali and Sumbawa, Indonesia

scientific article

Three male patients with sporadic acute hepatitis E in Sendai, Japan, who were domestically infected with hepatitis E virus of genotype III or IV.

scientific article published on January 2004

Torque teno virus DNA titre elevated in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis with primary lung cancer

scientific article published in March 2008

Transmission of human TT virus of genotype 1a to chimpanzees with fecal supernatant or serum from patients with acute TTV infection

scientific article published in November 2000

Tumour susceptibility gene 101 and the vacuolar protein sorting pathway are required for the release of hepatitis E virions.

scientific article

Unchanged high prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis E virus (HEV) and HEV RNA among blood donors with an elevated alanine aminotransferase level in Japan during 1991-2006.

scientific article

Very low prevalence of anti-HAV in Japan: high potential for future outbreak

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Virulent strain of hepatitis E virus genotype 3, Japan.

scientific article published on May 2009

Visualization of TT virus particles recovered from the sera and feces of infected humans

scientific article published in December 2000

p26 protein and 33-nm particle associated with nucleocapsid of hepatitis C virus recovered from the circulation of infected hosts

scientific article published on November 1, 1992

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