TY - JOUR
T1 - A newly reported human polyomavirus, KI virus, is present in the respiratory tract of Australian children
AU - Bialasiewicz, Seweryn
AU - Whiley, David M.
AU - Lambert, Stephen B.
AU - Wang, David
AU - Nissen, Michael D.
AU - Sloots, Theo P.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by the Royal Children's Hospital Foundation Grant I 922-034, sponsored by the “Woolworths Fresh Futures” Appeal. We thank the staff of the Molecular Diagnostic Unit, Microbiology, Queensland Health Pathology Service Central for their help in the collection and processing of clinical samples.
PY - 2007/9
Y1 - 2007/9
N2 - Background: Recently, Allander and co-workers reported the discovery of a new human polyomavirus, KI virus, in respiratory secretions from patients with acute respiratory tract infection (ARTI). Objective: We examined 951 respiratory samples collected in Queensland, Australia, between November 2002 and August 2003 from patients with respiratory infection, for the presence of the KI virus. Results: Twenty-four (2.5%) samples were positive for KI virus with 20 (83%) of these from children younger than 5 years. In six (25%) patients KI was co-detected with another virus. Full genome sequencing of three isolates shows a high degree of conservation between the Queensland isolates and the original isolates reported from Swedish patients. Conclusions: The newly described KI polyomavirus may commonly be found in the respiratory tract of patients with ARTI, particularly children, and results indicate that the virus has global presence. Crown
AB - Background: Recently, Allander and co-workers reported the discovery of a new human polyomavirus, KI virus, in respiratory secretions from patients with acute respiratory tract infection (ARTI). Objective: We examined 951 respiratory samples collected in Queensland, Australia, between November 2002 and August 2003 from patients with respiratory infection, for the presence of the KI virus. Results: Twenty-four (2.5%) samples were positive for KI virus with 20 (83%) of these from children younger than 5 years. In six (25%) patients KI was co-detected with another virus. Full genome sequencing of three isolates shows a high degree of conservation between the Queensland isolates and the original isolates reported from Swedish patients. Conclusions: The newly described KI polyomavirus may commonly be found in the respiratory tract of patients with ARTI, particularly children, and results indicate that the virus has global presence. Crown
KW - Acute respiratory tract infection
KW - Co-detection
KW - Human polyomavirus
KW - PCR
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jcv.2007.07.001
DO - 10.1016/j.jcv.2007.07.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 17706457
AN - SCOPUS:34548119847
SN - 1386-6532
VL - 40
SP - 15
EP - 18
JO - Journal of Clinical Virology
JF - Journal of Clinical Virology
IS - 1
ER -