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. 2016 Jun;5(2):210-3.
doi: 10.1093/jpids/piu101. Epub 2014 Oct 15.

Fecal Polyomavirus Excretion in Infancy

John A Vanchiere  1 , Berenice Carillo  2 , Ardythe L Morrow  3 , Xi Jiang  4 , Guillermo M Ruiz-Palacios  5 , Janet S Butel  2
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Fecal Polyomavirus Excretion in Infancy

John A Vanchiere et al. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2016 Jun.

Abstract

Qualitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to determine the prevalence of fecal excretion of BK virus, JC virus, and simian virus 40 in 1-year-old infants. Overall, 17.8% of 321 specimens from 64.1% of 39 infants were polyomavirus positive. These data suggest that the gastrointestinal tract may be a site of polyomavirus persistence in humans.

Keywords: BK virus; infancy; polyomavirus.

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Figure 1.
Timing of polyomavirus shedding in fecal specimens from 25 subjects between 48 and 56 weeks of age with 1 or more positive specimens. Viruses detected in individual fecal specimens are indicated (BKV and SV40). Shaded boxes indicate that no viruses were detected; solid black boxes indicate that no specimens were available.
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