PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Alfaresi, Mubarak S.
AU  - Elnazer, Ayat M.
AU  - Alzaabi, Azza S.
AU  - Elkoush, Abida A.
AU  - Islam, Adeel A.
TI  - Transfusion transmitted virus in screened United Arab Emirates blood donors
DP  - 2006 Jan 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 58--62
VI  - 27
IP  - 1
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/27/1/58.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/27/1/58.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2006 Jan 01; 27
AB  - 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.