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Comparison of the distribution patterns of BK polyomavirus lineages among China, Korea and Japan: implications for human migrations in northeast Asia.
Microbiology and immunology - 1 May 2009
Zhong Shan, Jeong Byung-Hoon, Ikegaya Hiroshi, Kim Yong-Sun, Xu Yawei, Zhu Mengyun, Chao Yuegen, Suzuki Makoto, Kitamura Tadaichi, Homma Yukio, Yogo Yoshiaki
Abstract excerpt
BKV is widespread among humans, infecting children asymptomatically and then persisting in renal tissue. Based on the serological or phylogenetic method, BKV isolates worldwide are classified into four subtypes (I-IV), with subtypes I and IV further divided into several genetically-distinct subgroups. Since, similarly to JCV, a close relationship exists between BKV lineages and human populations, BKV should be...
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