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Detection of BK polyomavirus genotypes in healthy and HIV-positive children.
European journal of epidemiology - 1 Sept 1997
Di Taranto C, Pietropaolo V, Orsi G B, Jin L, Sinibaldi L, Degener A M
Abstract excerpt
Urine samples from 211 community children (3-7 years age), from 33 HIV type-1 infected children and from 56 HIV-negative children were collected and analyzed for the presence of BK virus (BKV) DNA by PCR. PCR amplifications were carried out using primers specific for the BKV structural region VP1. We also investigated the distribution of BKV subtypes by a restriction fragment polymorphism assay (RFLP). We...
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