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Polyomaviruses BK and JC DNA infection in peripheral blood cells from blood donors

Haghighi, Malihe Fathi; Seyyedi, Noorossadat; Farhadi, Ali; Zare, Farahnaz; Kasraian, Leila; Dehbidi, Gholam Reza Refiei; Ranjbaran, Reza; Behzad-Behbahani, Abbas.

Braz. j. infect. dis; 23 (1), 2019

ABSTRACT Objectives: To investigate the prevalence of human polyomavirus (BK and JC viruses) infection in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of healthy blood donors. Methods: The study included 250 healthy blood donors. Five-milliliter blood was drawn into sterile EDTA tubes and PBMCs were isolated fro...

Distribución por Edad, Virus BK/genética, Virus BK/aislamiento & purificación, Donantes de Sangre, ADN Viral/aislamiento & purificación, Irán/epidemiología, Virus JC/genética, Virus JC/aislamiento & purificación, Leucocitos Mononucleares/virología, Infecciones por Polyomavirus/sangre, Infecciones por Polyomavirus/epidemiología, Infecciones por Polyomavirus/virología, Prevalencia, Reacción en Cadena en Tiempo Real de la Polimerasa, Infecciones Tumorales por Virus/sangre, Infecciones Tumorales por Virus/epidemiología, Infecciones Tumorales por Virus/virología, Carga Viral

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Distribution and genetic diversity of the human polyomaviruses JC and BK in surface water and sewage treatment plant during 2009 in Porto Alegre, Southern Brazil

Abstract The human polyomaviruses JC and BK (JCPyV and BKPyV) are ubiquitous, species-specific viruses that belong to the family Polyomaviridae. These viruses are known to be excreted in human urine, and they are potential indicators of human wastewater contamination. In order to assess the distribution ...