Article
Detection of BK virus DNA in nasopharyngeal aspirates from children with respiratory infections but not in saliva from immunodeficient and immunocompetent adult patients.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 May 1994
Sundsfjord A, Spein A R, Lucht E, Flaegstad T, Seternes O M, Traavik T
Abstract excerpt
Our understanding of important stages in the pathogenesis of the human polyomavirus BK virus (BKV) and JC virus (JCV) infections is limited. In this context, nasopharyngeal aspirates from 201 children with respiratory diseases and saliva from 60 human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected adults...
Topics
- Adult
- BK Virus
- Base Sequence
- Child, Preschool
- DNA Primers
- DNA, Viral
- Gene Rearrangement
- Genes, Viral
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Immunocompromised Host
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- JC Virus
- Molecular Sequence Data