title: Low to medium WU-virus titers in young children with lower respiratory tract infections.
abstract: The WU-virus (WUV), a novel polyomavirus, has recently been recovered from respiratory tract samples. Within a study collective of children with severe lower respiratory tract disease, 3% of the patients tested WUV positive. Viral loads ranged from 5 x 10(2) copies/ml to 1 x 10(4) copies/ml. The WUV genome-positive patients did not display specific clinical or radiological characteristics to be distinguished from other respiratory tract infections.
authors.affiliation: Division of Virology, Department of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Aachen, RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany. mkleines@ukaachen.de
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kleines
authors.forename: Simone
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authors.lastname: Scheithauer
authors.forename: Meike
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authors.lastname: Hengst
authors.forename: Dagmar
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authors.lastname: Honnef
authors.forename: Klaus
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authors.lastname: Ritter
authors.forename: Eberhard
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authors.lastname: Mühler
authors.forename: Martin
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authors.lastname: Häusler
authors.forename: Ayda
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authors.lastname: Rostamzadeh