Co-infections with torque teno viruses in HCV infection
A Pár, B Tresó, Á Dencs, E Rusvai, A Miseta, F Jakab, I Tornai, F Szalay, G Lengyel, A Tusnádi, Á Vincze, B Hunyady, G Pár, M Takács · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2012 · Heft 05
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Background/Aim: The potential role of co-infections with novel hepatitisviruses such as torque teno viruses (SENV and TTV) is not clear in HCVinfection. We determined the prevalence and clinical significance of theseagents in different forms of HCV infection. Patients: a total of 365 HCVinfected individuals have been studied. Out of them 33 were symptomfree HCV carriers with persistently normal alanine aminotransferase (ALT), 97suffered from chronic hepatitis C not treated with interferon (IFN)-basedtherapy, 48 patients (pts) had chronic hepatitis C and treated with IFN+ ribavirin (RBV) for one year, 76 pts prev…
