WU polyomavirus in children, Canada.

ABSTRACT: WU polyomavirus was detected in nasopharyngeal aspirates in 2 (2.5%) of 79 children with respiratory infections (both infected with respiratory syncytial virus) and in 5 (6.4%) of 78 asymptomatic children during the same winter season in Canada. The strains were closely related to Australian and American viruses based on analysis of large T antigen (TAg) and VP2 genes. The pathogenic role of WU virus is still uncertain.

SUBMITTER: Abed Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2876769 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature