title: Clinical and epidemiologic characterization of WU polyomavirus infection, St. Louis, Missouri.
abstract: WU polyomavirus is a recently described polyomavirus found in patients with respiratory infections. Of 2,637 respiratory samples tested in St. Louis, Missouri, 2.7% were positive for WU polyomavirus by PCR, and 71% were coinfected with other respiratory viruses. Persistent human infection with WU polyomavirus is described.
authors.affiliation: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: Binh-Minh
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Le
authors.forename: Lee M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Demertzis
authors.forename: Guang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Tibbets
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Buller
authors.forename: Max Q
authors.initials: MQ
authors.lastname: Arens
authors.forename: Anne M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Gaynor
authors.forename: Gregory A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Storch
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008923:Missouri / Q000453:epidemiology; D011120:Polyomavirus / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D027601:Polyomavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D013997:Time Factors