RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Transfusion transmitted virus in screened United Arab Emirates blood donors
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 58
OP 62
VO 27
IS 1
A1 Mubarak S. Alfaresi
A1 Ayat M. Elnazer
A1 Azza S. Alzaabi
A1 Abida A. Elkoush
A1 Adeel A. Islam
YR 2006
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/27/1/58.abstract
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.