Detection of trichodysplasia spinulosa-associated polyomavirus in a fatal case of myocarditis in a seven-month-old girl.

ABSTRACT: Trichodysplasia spinulosa-associated polyomavirus (TSV) was identified in a seven-month-old girl with myocarditis. The number of TSV genomes detected was higher in the heart than in the other organs. The full-length TSV genome was cloned from the heart. This suggests a possible role of TSV infection in the pathogenesis of myocarditis in infants.

SUBMITTER: Tsuzuki S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4152105 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature