KI and WU Polyomaviruses: Seroprevalence Study and DNA Prevalence in SARS-CoV-2 RNA Positive and Negative Respiratory Samples.

ABSTRACT: The aim of this work was to study the possible co-infection of KI and WU polyomavirus (KIPyV and WUPyV, respectively) and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in respiratory samples and to detect the seroprevalence of KIPyV and WUPyV. A total of 1030 nasopharyngeal samples were analyzed from SARS-CoV-2 RNA positive (n = 680) and negative (n = 350) adults and children (age: 1 day to 94.2 years) collected from August 2020 to October 2021. KIPyV DNA was detected in two SARS-CoV-2-positive samples (2/680, 0.29%) and in three SARS-CoV-2-negative samples (3/350, 0.86%). WUPyV DNA was observed in one-one samples from both groups (1/680, 0.15% vs. 1/350, 0.29%). We did not find an association between SARS-CoV-2 and KIPyV or WUPyV infection, and we found low DNA prevalence o

SUBMITTER: Katona M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9031565 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature