tailieunhanh - Báo cáo khoa học: "Torque Teno Virus (TTV) distribution in healthy Russian population"

Torque Teno Virus (TTV) distribution in healthy Russian population | Virology Journal BioMed Central Research Torque Teno Virus TTV distribution in healthy Russian population Evgeny V Vasilyev1 Dmitry YTrofimov1 Alexander G Tonevitsky2 Valery V Ilinsky3 Dmitriy O Korostin3 and Denis V Rebrikov 1 3 Open Access Address 1DNA-Technology JSC Kashirskoe shosse 23-5-16 Moscow 115478 Russia 2All-Russian Institute of Physical Culture and Athletics Elizavetinsky lane 10 Moscow 105005 Russia and 3Vavilov Institute of General Genetics Gubkina st 3 Moscow 119991 Russia Email Alexander G Tonevitsky - tonevitsky@ Valery V Ilinsky - vilinsky@ Dmitriy O Korostin - Denis V Rebrikov - denis@ Corresponding author Published 7 September 2009 Virology Journal 2009 6 134 doi I743-422X-6-I34 Received 4 June 2009 Accepted 7 September 2009 This article is available from http content 6 1 134 2009 Vasilyev et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Torque teno virus TTV is a circular single-stranded DNA virus that chronically infects healthy individuals of all ages worldwide. There is a lot of data on the prevalence and genetic heterogeneity of TTV in healthy populations and in patients with various diseases now available. However little is known about TTV load among healthy human population. In this study we analyzed TTV load in the group of 512 Russian elite athletes who are supposed to be by some standards the healthiest part of the human population. Results The prevalence rate of TTV among the Russian Olympic Reserve members was 94 for test sensitivity about 1000 genome equivalents per 1 ml of blood . Quantities varied .