“…Since the first isolation of TTV, most studies have shown that it might be relevant to liver disorders and liver damage and have a possible association with fulminant hepatitis, cryptogenic liver disease, non-A-G hepatitis, posttransfusion hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma (11,22,37,41,57,65). At the same time, epidemiological associations of TTV with B-cell lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease, aplastic anemia, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, acute respiratory disease, and autoimmune rheumatic disorders have also been described (6,16,29,30,32,52).…”