Identification of a novel polyomavirus from patients with acute respiratory tract infections

• Published in: PLoS pathogens Vol. 3; no. 5; p. e64
• Main Authors: Gaynor, Anne M, Nissen, Michael D, Whiley, David M, Mackay, Ian M, Lambert, Stephen B, Wu, Guang, Brennan, Daniel C, Storch, Gregory A, Sloots, Theo P, Wang, David
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 01.05.2007; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Acute Disease; Amino acids; Base Sequence; Binding sites; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; DNA Probes; Genetic aspects; Genome, Viral; Genomes; Global Health; Homo (Human); Humans; Infections; Infectious Diseases; Microbiology; Molecular Sequence Data; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Polyomavirus - genetics; Polyomavirus - isolation & purification; Proteins; Respiratory tract infections; Respiratory Tract Infections - virology; Viral infections; Viral Proteins; Virology; Viruses; Australia; Queensland Australia; United States > US

We report the identification of a novel polyomavirus present in respiratory secretions from human patients with symptoms of acute respiratory tract infection. The virus was initially detected in a nasopharyngeal aspirate from a 3-year-old child from Australia diagnosed with pneumonia. A random libra...