MOLECULAR PREVALENCE AND GENOTYPES OF HUMAN PEGIVIRUS-1 (HPgV-1) AND SENV-LIKE VIRUSES AMONG MULTIPLY TRANSFUSED PATIENTS WITH BETA-THALASSEMIA

Due to the high number of transfusions which patients with hereditary hemoglobinopathies (thalassemia, sickle cell disease) receive, they represent high risk of acquiring parenterally transmitted infectious diseases. In this respect, non pathogenic human commensal viruses, which also demonstrate parenteral transmission routes might also be acquired.One of the most widely spread parenterally-transmitted human commensal viruses include the Human Pegivirus-1 (HPgV-1, GBV-C) and Torque teno viruses (TTV) including its SEN virus-like (SENV) forms.

Source: Transfusion and Apheresis Science - December 12, 2019 Category: Hematology Authors: Rafael dos Santos Bezerra, Elaine Vieira Santos, Roberta Maraninchi Silveira, Ana Cristina Silva Pinto, Dimas Tadeu Covas, Simone Kashima, Svetoslav Nanev Slavov Source Type: research