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Volume 15, Number 8—August 2009
Research

Serologic Evidence of Frequent Human Infection with WU and KI Polyomaviruses

Nang L. Nguyen, Binh-Minh Le, and David WangComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

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Table

Age distribution of patients (419 samples) who were seropositive for WUPyV, KIPyV, or both, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, November 2007–October 2008*

Age group No. (%) seropositive
KIPyV VP1 WUPyV VP1 Both
<6 mo 13 (43.3) 25 (83.3) 13 (43.3)
6 mo–<1 y 7 (24.1) 13 (44.8) 7 (24.1)
1 y 12 (40) 18 (60) 10 (33.3)
2 y 13 (43.3) 18 (60) 10 (33.3)
3 y 15 (50) 17 (56.7) 10 (33.3)
4 y 22 (73.3) 20 (66.7) 16 (53.3)
5 y 28 (93.3) 26 (86.7) 24 (80)
6–8 y 26 (86.7) 27 (90) 24 (80)
9–12 y 30 (100) 27(90) 27 (90)
13–19 y 28 (93.3) 28 (93.3) 27 (90)
20–34 y 21 (70) 30 (100) 21(70)
35–49 y 22 (73.3) 29 (96.7) 22 (73.3)
50–64 y 19 (63.3) 24 (80) 19 (63.3)
65–79 y
22 (73.3)
28 (93.3)
22 (73.3)
Total 278 (66.3) 330 (78.7) 252 (60.1)

*WUPyV, WU polyomavirus; KIPyV, KI polyomavirus; WUPyV VP1, WUPyV viral protein 1; KIPyV VP1, KIPyV viral protein 1.

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