Identification of merkel cell polyomavirus in the lower respiratory tract of Italian patients

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 505-509

  Babakir Mina, Muhammed ^a,b   Ciccozzi, Massimo ^c   Lo Presti, Alessandra ^c   Greco, Francesco ^a   Perno, Carlo Federico ^a,b   Ciotti, Marco ^a  

^a TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lower respiratory tract; MC polyomavirus; Novel polyomaviruses; Phylogenetic analysis; Respiratory diseases

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA; VIRUS T ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; DNA DETERMINATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ITALY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYOMA VIRUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, VIRAL, TUMOR; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MERKEL CELLS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYOMAVIRUS; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

POLYOMAVIRUS;

EID: 75649091828     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21711     Document Type: Article

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