Polyomaviruses KI and WU in Immunocompromised Patients with Respiratory Disease

Polyomaviruses KI (KIPyV) and WU (WUPyV) were recently identified, mainly in respiratory specimens from children. Among 200 patients with respiratory disorders admitted to Saint Louis Hospital, Paris, France, KIPyV was detected in 8% and WUPyV in 1%. KIPyV was significantly more frequent among human...

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Autores principales: Mourez, Thomas, Bergeron, Anne, Ribaud, Patricia, Scieux, Catherine, Peffault de Latour, Régis, Tazi, Abdellatif, Socié, Gérard, Simon, François, LeGoff, Jérôme
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2662633/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19116066
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/1501.080758
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Sumario:Polyomaviruses KI (KIPyV) and WU (WUPyV) were recently identified, mainly in respiratory specimens from children. Among 200 patients with respiratory disorders admitted to Saint Louis Hospital, Paris, France, KIPyV was detected in 8% and WUPyV in 1%. KIPyV was significantly more frequent among human stem cell transplant patients (17.8% vs. 5.1%; p = 0.01).

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