Clinical and epidemiologic characterization of WU polyomavirus infection, St. Louis, Missouri.
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.
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Binh-Minh
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Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Demertzis
Lee M
LM
Wu
Guang
G
Tibbets
Robert J
RJ
Buller
Richard
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Arens
Max Q
MQ
Gaynor
Anne M
AM
Storch
Gregory A
GA
Wang
David
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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