Table 1.
Comparison of TTV-DNA with blot assay
| Disease group | No. Tested |
TTV-DNA positivity
#
|
N22 blot immunoassay |
Anti-N22 positivity in DNA positive cases |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Percent | No. | Percent | No. | Percent | ||
|
Chronic renal failure |
40 |
32 |
80.0% |
33 |
82.5% |
32/32 |
100% |
|
Liver diseases* |
48 |
27 |
56.3% |
30 |
62.5% |
27/27 |
100% |
| Healthy controls | 25 | 16 | 64% | 17 | 68% | 16/16 | 100% |
# TTV-DNA detection using N22 PCR.
*Liver diseases includes patients infected with Acute Viral Hepatitis (AVH), Chronic Viral Hepatitis (CVH) and Fulminant Hepatic Failure (FHF).