High prevalence of antibodies against polyomavirus WU, polyomavirus KI, and human bocavirus in German blood donors

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>DNA of the polyomaviruses WU (WUPyV) and KI (KIPyV) and of human bocavirus (HBoV) has been detected with varying frequency in respiratory tract samples of children. However, only little is known about the humoral immune response agai...

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Main Authors: Opitz Andreas, Schubert Jörg, Ewald Moritz, Scheiner Barbara, Prifert Christiane, Neske Florian, Weissbrich Benedikt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-07-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/10/215