BK virus sequences in specimens from aborted fetuses

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2127-2132

  Boldorini, Renzo ^a   Allegrini, Sara ^a   Miglio, Umberto ^a   Nestasio, Ilenia ^a   Paganotti, Alessia ^b   Veggiani, Claudia ^b   Monga, Guido ^b   Pietropaolo, Valeria ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b MAGGIORE DELLA CARITÀ HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Polyomavirus; Transcriptional control region; Vertical transmission; Viral capsid protein

Indexed keywords

DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRAL CAPSIDIC PROTEIN 1; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BK VIRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ABORTED FETUS; ADULT; BK VIRUS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

BK POLYOMAVIRUS; MIRIDAE; POLYOMAVIRUS;

EID: 78049365901     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21923     Document Type: Article

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