Potential Route of Transmission for Trichodysplasia Spinulosa Polyomavirus

Seweryn Bialasiewicz^{1

2}, Lisa Byrom^{3

4}, Chris Fraser⁵, Julia Clark⁶

Affiliations

¹ Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland.
² Centre for Children's Health Research, Children's Health Queensland.
³ Dermatology Department, Mater Health Services.
⁴ School of Medicine, The University of Queensland.
⁵ Department of Oncology, Lady Cilento Children's Hospital, Children's Health Queensland, and.
⁶ Infectious Diseases, Immunology/Allergy, Rheumatology, Lady Cilento Children's Hospital, Children's Health Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

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Seweryn Bialasiewicz et al. J Infect Dis. 2017.

. 2017 Apr 1;215(7):1175-1176.

doi: 10.1093/infdis/jix078.

Seweryn Bialasiewicz^{1

2}, Lisa Byrom^{3

4}, Chris Fraser⁵, Julia Clark⁶

¹ Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland.
² Centre for Children's Health Research, Children's Health Queensland.
³ Dermatology Department, Mater Health Services.
⁴ School of Medicine, The University of Queensland.
⁵ Department of Oncology, Lady Cilento Children's Hospital, Children's Health Queensland, and.
⁶ Infectious Diseases, Immunology/Allergy, Rheumatology, Lady Cilento Children's Hospital, Children's Health Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

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Primary Polyomavirus Infection, Not Reactivation, as the Cause of Trichodysplasia Spinulosa in Immunocompromised Patients.
van der Meijden E, Horváth B, Nijland M, de Vries K, Rácz EK, Diercks GF, de Weerd AE, Clahsen-van Groningen MC, van der Blij-de Brouwer CS, van der Zon AJ, Kroes ACM, Hedman K, van Kampen JJA, Riezebos-Brilman A, Feltkamp MCW. van der Meijden E, et al. J Infect Dis. 2017 Apr 1;215(7):1080-1084. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiw403. J Infect Dis. 2017. PMID: 27578847

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