title: Investigations on the presence of antibodies to papova viruses in patients with different forms of cancer and in other categories of patients or apparently healthy subjects. Note II. Hemagglutination-inhibiting serum antibodies to BK virus.
abstract: Hemagglutination-inhibiting serum antibodies to BK virus (BKV were detected in patients with different forms of cancer and in blood donors (positivity percentages: 67.04 and 57.78, respectively). No such antibodies were found in a group of children 1 to 14 years of age. The data point to the presence of a latent human infection with BKV in the population of Romania.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D001739:BK Virus / Q000276:immunology*; D001782:Blood Donors; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006385:Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology*; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000276:immunology*; D011120:Polyomavirus / Q000276:immunology*; D012383:Romania
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral