Merkel cell polyomavirus DNA in tumor-free tonsillar tissues and upper respiratory tract samples: Implications for respiratory transmission and latency

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 292-295

  Kantola, Kalle ^a   Sadeghi, Mohammadreza ^a   Lahtinen, Anne ^a   Koskenvuo, Minna ^c   Aaltonen, Leena Maija ^b   Möttönen, Merja ^d   Rahiala, Jaana ^e   Saarinen Pihkala, Ulla ^e   Riikonen, Pekka ^f   Jartti, Tuomas ^g   Ruuskanen, Olli ^g   Söderlund Venermo, Maria ^a   Hedman, Klaus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

KIPyV; MCPyV; PCR; Tonsil; WUPyV

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOMODULATION; LATENT PERIOD; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MERKEL CELL; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYOMA VIRUS; POLYOMA VIRUS KI; POLYOMA VIRUS WU; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WHEEZING;

ADENOIDS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, VIRAL; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MERKEL CELLS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYOMAVIRUS; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SERUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649660207     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2009.04.008     Document Type: Article

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