Prevalence and Pathogenicity of WU and KI Polyomaviruses in Children, the Netherlands

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  van der Zalm, Marieke M. ; Rossen, John W. A. ; van Ewijk, Bart E. ; Wilbrink, Berry ; van Esch, Petra C.H.M. ; Wolfs, Tom F.W. ; van der Ent, Cornelis K.
• Description:
  A longitudinal study in 2004 and 2005 detected polyomaviruses WU and KI in 44% and 17% of children with and without respiratory symptoms, respectively, in the Netherlands. In some children both viruses were detected for long periods. In several symptomatic children no other respiratory pathogen was detected.
• Subjects:
  Case-Control Studies Child Child, Preschool Dispatch DNA, Viral Humans Infant Longitudinal Studies Netherlands Polymerase Chain Reaction Polyomavirus Polyomavirus Infections Preschool Prevalence Respiratory Tract Infections Tumor Virus Infections Virulence Viruses

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 14(11):1787-1789
• Pubmed ID:
  18976572
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC2630742
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  14
• Issue:
  11
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:39ce3b21421739ddcd2bd9521c3d33539238f81b5b9ea209f3a13470a18d608c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/17282/cdc_17282_DS1.pdf
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