Global impact of Torque teno virus infection in wild and domesticated animals

Infection with Torque teno viruses (TTVs) is not restricted to humans. Different domestic and wild animal species are naturally infected with species-specific TTVs worldwide. Due to the global spread of the infection, it is likely that essentially all animals are naturally infected with species-spec...

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Main Authors: Aldo Manzin, Francesca Mallus, Lisa Macera, Fabrizio Maggi, Sylvain Blois
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Published: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries 2015-07-01
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Online Access:https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/6912
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description Infection with Torque teno viruses (TTVs) is not restricted to humans. Different domestic and wild animal species are naturally infected with species-specific TTVs worldwide. Due to the global spread of the infection, it is likely that essentially all animals are naturally infected with species-specific TTVs, and that co-evolution of TTVs with their hosts probably occurred. Although TTVs are potentially related to many diseases, the evidence of the widespread infection in healthy human and nonhuman hosts raised doubts about their pathogenic potential. Nonetheless, their role as superimposed agents of other diseases or as triggers for impairment of immune surveillance is currently under debate. The possible contribution of animal TT viruses to interspecies transmission and their role as zoonotic agents are currently topics of discussion.
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spelling doaj-art-c3076b058a43401e9adea0ee87292b462025-08-20T03:52:42ZengThe Journal of Infection in Developing CountriesJournal of Infection in Developing Countries1972-26802015-07-0190610.3855/jidc.6912Global impact of Torque teno virus infection in wild and domesticated animalsAldo Manzin0Francesca Mallus1Lisa Macera2Fabrizio Maggi3Sylvain Blois4Clinical Microbiology and Virology Unit, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, ItalyClinical Microbiology and Virology Unit, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, ItalyClinical Microbiology and Virology Unit, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, ItalyVirology Unit, Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, ItalyClinical Microbiology and Virology Unit, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, ItalyInfection with Torque teno viruses (TTVs) is not restricted to humans. Different domestic and wild animal species are naturally infected with species-specific TTVs worldwide. Due to the global spread of the infection, it is likely that essentially all animals are naturally infected with species-specific TTVs, and that co-evolution of TTVs with their hosts probably occurred. Although TTVs are potentially related to many diseases, the evidence of the widespread infection in healthy human and nonhuman hosts raised doubts about their pathogenic potential. Nonetheless, their role as superimposed agents of other diseases or as triggers for impairment of immune surveillance is currently under debate. The possible contribution of animal TT viruses to interspecies transmission and their role as zoonotic agents are currently topics of discussion. https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/6912TT virusanellovirusanimalsssDNAepidemiology
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anellovirus
animals
ssDNA
epidemiology
title Global impact of Torque teno virus infection in wild and domesticated animals
title_full Global impact of Torque teno virus infection in wild and domesticated animals
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title_short Global impact of Torque teno virus infection in wild and domesticated animals
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anellovirus
animals
ssDNA
epidemiology
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