%0 Journal Article %A Mubarak S. Alfaresi %A Ayat M. Elnazer %A Azza S. Alzaabi %A Abida A. Elkoush %A Adeel A. Islam %T Transfusion transmitted virus in screened United Arab Emirates blood donors %D 2006 %J Saudi Medical Journal %P 58-62 %V 27 %N 1 %X OBJECTIVE: To investigate the rate of infection caused by Torque teno virus (TTV) in United Arab Emirates (UAEs) healthy population as a pilot study in detecting TTV DNA in 100 healthy blood donors.METHODS: We randomly choose a total of 100 healthy blood donors who attended Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE from January 20 to May 30, 2005. We carried out a real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test to detect TTV DNA.RESULTS: Real-time for TTV was positive in 75 (75%) donors. Eight (73%) non-UAE donors were TTV positive while 67 (75%) were UAEs. Among these donors, 72 (77%) were males and 3 (50%) were females.CONCLUSION: Our results demonstrated a high prevalence of TTV in UAE. %U https://smj.org.sa/content/smj/27/1/58.full.pdf