KI and WU Polyomavirus in Respiratory Samples of SARS-CoV-2 Infected Patients [PDF]
Microorganisms, 2021 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been declared a global pandemic. Our goal was to determine whether co-infections with respiratory polyomaviruses, such as Karolinska Institutet polyomavirus (KIPyV) and Washington ...
Carla Prezioso +15 more
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Multiorgan WU Polyomavirus Infection in Bone Marrow Transplant Recipient [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016 WU polyomavirus (WUPyV) was detected in a bone marrow transplant recipient with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome who died in 2001. Crystalline lattices of polyomavirus-like particles were observed in the patient’s lung by electron microscopy ...
Erica A. Siebrasse +5 more
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WU Polyomavirus Infection in Children, Germany [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2008 To the Editor: The human polyomaviruses JC and BK are known to cause persisting infections, which are usually asymptomatic in immunocompetent patients but may lead to severe disease in those who are immunosuppressed (1).
Florian Neske +5 more
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WU Polyomavirus in Children, Canada [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2007 WU polyomavirus was detected in nasopharyngeal aspirates in 2 (2.5%) of 79 children with respiratory infections (both infected with respiratory syncytial virus) and in 5 (6.4%) of 78 asymptomatic children during the same winter season in Canada.
Yacine Abed, David Wang, Guy Boivin
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WU Polyomavirus in Respiratory Epithelial Cells from Lung Transplant Patient with Job Syndrome [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2015 We detected WU polyomavirus (WUPyV) in a bronchoalveolar lavage sample from lungs transplanted into a recipient with Job syndrome by using immunoassays specific for the WUPyV viral protein 1.
Erica A. Siebrasse +9 more
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Clinical and Epidemiologic Characterization of WU Polyomavirus Infection, St. Louis, Missouri [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2007 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 ...
Binh-Minh Le +8 more
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WU Polyomavirus in Fecal Specimens of Children with Acute Gastroenteritis, China [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2009 To the Editor: WU polyomavirus (WUPyV) is a recently described PyV found in patients with acute respiratory tract infections (1). The role of the virus in disease pathogenesis remains unclear.
Lili Ren +8 more
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WU Polyomavirus in Children with Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infections, South Korea [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2007 In South Korea, WU polyomavirus (WUPyV) was detected in 34 (7%) of 486 children with acute lower respiratory tract infections, 3 (4.2%) of 72 asymptomatic children, and as coinfection with other respiratory viruses in 23 (67.6%) children.
Tae Hee Han +4 more
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WU Polyomavirus in Patients Infected with HIV or Hepatitis C Virus, Connecticut, USA, 2007 [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2009 WU polyomavirus (WUPyV) was detected in 10 (8.3%) of 121 HIV-positive plasma specimens, 0 (0%) of 120 HIV-negative serum specimens, and 2 (2.5%) of 79 hepatitis C virus (HCV)–positive serum specimens.
Michael A. Miller +4 more
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WU Polyomavirus Infection in Children With Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in China, 2017 to 2019: Case Reports and Multicentre Epidemiological Survey [PDF]
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022 WU polyomavirus (WUPyV) is a novel member of the family Polyomaviridae recently detected in respiratory tract specimens. So far, it has not been proven whether WUPyV is a real causative agent for respiratory diseases.
Hongwei Zhao +28 more
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