Human polyomaviruses in children undergoing transplantation, United States, 2008-2010

Immunocompromised patients are at risk for disease caused by infection by some polyomaviruses. To define the prevalence of polyomaviruses in children undergoing transplantation, we collected samples from a longitudinal cohort and tested for the 9 known human polyomaviruses. All were detected; severa...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emerging infectious diseases 2012-10, Vol.18 (10), p.1676-1679
Hauptverfasser:	Siebrasse, Erica A, Bauer, Irma, Holtz, Lori R, Le, Binh-minh, Lassa-Claxton, Sherry, Canter, Charles, Hmiel, Paul, Shenoy, Shalini, Sweet, Stuart, Turmelle, Yumirle, Shepherd, Ross, Wang, David
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bone Marrow Transplantation - adverse effects Child Child, Preschool Dispatch Distribution DNA virus infections Female Heart Humans Immunocompromised Host immunosuppression immunosuppression Polyomaviridae Male Organ Transplantation - adverse effects Physiological aspects Polymerase Chain Reaction Polyoma virus Polyomaviridae polyomavirus Polyomavirus - classification Polyomavirus - genetics Polyomavirus - isolation & purification Polyomavirus Infections - epidemiology Polyomavirus Infections - virology Prevalence Risk factors transplant Transplantation United States - epidemiology virus
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Zusammenfassung:	Immunocompromised patients are at risk for disease caused by infection by some polyomaviruses. To define the prevalence of polyomaviruses in children undergoing transplantation, we collected samples from a longitudinal cohort and tested for the 9 known human polyomaviruses. All were detected; several were present in previously unreported specimen types.
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid1810.120359