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. 2005 Aug;43(8):3747–3754. doi: 10.1128/JCM.43.8.3747-3754.2005

TABLE 4.

Detection of TTV and TTLVs with various sets of primers in thalassemia patients and healthy individuals

Primer set % Detection in samples from:
Thalassemiacs Healthy individuals
RD 45.8 (54/118) NDa
TT 76.3 (90/118) ND
RD/TT 78.8 (93/118) ND
NG 90.6 (107/118) 35.5 (67/200)
RD/TT/NG 90.6 (107/118) ND
TLMV-L ND 21.9 (23/105)
TLMV-S 82.2 (97/118) 30.5 (32/105)
NG/TLMV-S ND 51.4 (54/105)
RD/TT/NG/TLMV-S 100.0 (100/100) ND
NG/TLMV-S/TLMV-L ND 56.2 (58/105)
a

ND, not done.