Torque Teno Virus

Torque Teno Virus
Systematics
Classification : Viruses Area : unclassified Empire : unclassified Phylum : unclassified Class : unclassified Order : unclassified Family : Anelloviridae Genre : Alphatorque virus Type : Torque Teno Virus 1
Taxonomic characteristics
Genome : (-) ss DNA circular Baltimore : Group 2 Symmetry : icosahedral Cover : no
Scientific name
Torque teno virus 1
Short name
TTV-1
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NCBI  Taxonomy: 687340 ICTV Taxon History: 201852488

The torque Teno virus 1 ( TTV-1 ) is a viral species of the family of Anelloviridae and type species of the genus Alpha Torque virus . It was published in 1997 by Toyohiko Nishizawa et al. discovered in the serum of a patient with post-transfusion hepatitis. Since then, the virus has been detected in numerous people, including healthy people, and also in pets. A specific disease could not be assigned to the virus either in humans or animals.

The TTV-1 is not wrapped . The genome consists of a circular single-stranded DNA with negative polarity and is 3.8 to 3.9 kilobases in length.

literature

• T. Nishizawa, H. Okamoto, K. Konishi, H. Yoshizawa, Y. Miyakawa, M. Mayumi: A novel DNA virus (TTV) associated with elevated transaminase levels in posttransfusion hepatitis of unknown etiology . In: Biochem Biophys Res Commun. , 241, 1997, pp. 92-97.
• S. Hino, H. Miyata: Torque teno virus (TTV): current status . In: Rev Med Virol. , 17, 2007, pp. 45-57

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Statements of the ZKBS on the Torque Teno virus (2007)
2. ↑ PMC 4678778 (free full text)
3. ↑ ^{a b} ViralZone: Anelloviridae . ExPASy. Retrieved September 1, 2019.