Acquisition of Human Polyomaviruses in the First 18 Months of Life

2015/01/06 by Rebecca J. Rockett, Seweryn Bialasiewicz, Lebogang Mhango +8 · 1 citation
Medicine · Engineering · #Polyomavirus and related diseases #Full-Duplex Wireless Communications #Antenna Design and Analysis

paper · pdf · doi:10.3201/eid2102.141429

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Abstract

We investigated the presence of 4 human polyomaviruses (PyVs) (WU, KI, Merkel cell, and Malawi) in respiratory specimens from a community-based birth cohort. These viruses typically were acquired when children were ≈1 year of age. We provide evidence that WU, KI, and Malawi, but not Merkel cell PyVs, might have a role in respiratory infections.

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