A divergent variant of the eleventh human polyomavirus species, saint louis polyomavirus.

ABSTRACT: Saint Louis polyomavirus (STLPyV) was recently discovered in human feces. Using random-primed rolling circle amplification combined with deep sequencing, we have found a divergent variant of STLPyV in a sanitized human skin wart specimen. The result strongly suggests that STLPyV directly infects humans and is not simply a dietary contaminant.

SUBMITTER: Pastrana DV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3813180 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature