Clinical and Epidemiologic Characterization of WU Polyomavirus Infection, St. Louis, Missouri
Open Access
- 1 December 2007
- journal article
- Published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 13 (12), 1936-1938
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1312.070977
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.Keywords
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