JaLCDOI 10.18926/AMO/48963
フルテキストURL 66_5_387.pdf
著者 Chikasue, Kumiko| Kimura, Miyuki| Ikeda, Kazuyuki| Ohnishi, Takuma| Kawanishi, Satoshi| Iio, Tomoe| Kataoka, Mikio| Arao, Yujiro|
抄録 To determine whether exhaled breath contains Torque teno virus (TTV) or not, we tested exhaled breath condensate (EBC) samples by semi-nested PCR assay. We detected TTV DNA in 35% (7/20) of EBC samples collected from the mouth of one of the authors, demonstrating that TTV DNA is excreted in exhaled breath with moderate frequency. TTV DNA was detected also in oral EBC samples from 4 of 6 other authors, indicating that TTV DNA excretion in exhaled breath is not an exception but rather a common phenomenon. Furthermore, the same assay could amplify TTV DNA from room air condensate (RAC) samples collected at distances of 20 and 40cm from a human face with 40 (8/20) and 35% (7/20) positive rates, respectively. TTV transmission has been reported to occur during infancy. These distances seem equivalent to that between an infant and its household members while caring for the infant. Taken together, it seems that exhaled breath is one of the possible transmission routes of TTV. We also detected TTV DNA in 25% (10/40) of RAC samples collected at a distance of more than 180cm from any human face, suggesting the risk of airborne infection with TTV in a room.
キーワード Torque teno virus exhaled breath airborne infection polymerase chain reaction
Amo Type Original Article
出版物タイトル Acta Medica Okayama
発行日 2012-10
66巻
5号
出版者 Okayama University Medical School
開始ページ 387
終了ページ 397
ISSN 0386-300X
NCID AA00508441
資料タイプ 学術雑誌論文
言語 英語
著作権者 CopyrightⒸ 2012 by Okayama University Medical School
論文のバージョン publisher
査読 有り
PubMed ID 23093057
Web of Science KeyUT 000310253900003
関連URL http://ousar.lib.okayama-u.ac.jp/metadata/49508