Le Binh-Minh, Demertzis Lee M, Wu Guang, Tibbets Robert J, Buller Richard, Arens Max Q, Gaynor Anne M, Storch Gregory A, Wang David
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 Dec;13(12):1936-8. doi: 10.3201/eid1312.070977.
WU polyomavirus is a recently described polyomavirus found in patients with respiratory infections. Of 2,637 respiratory samples tested in St. Louis, Missouri, 2.7% were positive for WU polyomavirus by PCR, and 71% were coinfected with other respiratory viruses. Persistent human infection with WU polyomavirus is described.
WU多瘤病毒是一种最近发现的多瘤病毒,在呼吸道感染患者中被检测到。在密苏里州圣路易斯市检测的2637份呼吸道样本中,2.7%的样本通过聚合酶链反应(PCR)检测出WU多瘤病毒呈阳性,71%的样本同时感染了其他呼吸道病毒。本文描述了WU多瘤病毒在人类中的持续感染情况。