[WU polyomavirus and KI polyomavirus detected in specimens from children with acute respiratory tract infection in China].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate newly identified polyomavirus WUV and WUV and KIPyV are associated with acute respiratory infections in China, tests were developed to detect WUV and KIPyV gene fragments from nasopharyngeal aspirates collected from children with ARI fron Nov. 2006 to Oct. 2007.


METHODS
A total of 318 clinical samples were tested for WUV and KIPyV using PCR method. The positive products were sequenced and compared with those in GenBank.


RESULTS
14 of the 318 Samples were positive (WUV was 2.2%, KIPyV was 2.2%). All of children who were positive for WUV or KIPyV had respiratory illness.


CONCLUSIONS
Polyomavirus WU and KIPyV infection may be associated with upper and lower respiratory diseases.
Yuan
Xin-hui
XH
State Key Laboratory for Viral Genetic Engineering, National Institute for Virus Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Benijing 100052, China.
Xu
Zi-qian
ZQ
Xie
Zhi-ping
ZP
Gao
Han-chun
HC
Zhang
Rong-fang
RF
Song
Jing-rong
JR
Zheng
Li-shu
LS
Li
Dan-di
DD
Jin
Miao
M
Cheng
Wei-xia
WX
Jin
Yu
Y
Duan
Zhao-jun
ZJ
Hou
Yun-de
YD
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011120:Polyomavirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA