Volume 13, Number 11—November 2007
Dispatch
WU Polyomavirus in Children with Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infections, South Korea
Tae Hee Han*, Ju-Young Chung*
, Ja Wook Koo*, Sang Woo Kim*, and Eung-Soo Hwang†
, Ja Wook Koo*, Sang Woo Kim*, and Eung-Soo Hwang†
Table
Detection of viruses among 486 children with acute lower respiratory tract infection, Seoul, South Korea*
| Virus | No. positive (%) |
|---|---|
| Single virus infection | 407 (83.7) |
| HRSV | 101 (20.8) |
| RV | 91 (18.7) |
| HBoV | 51 (10.5) |
| PIV† | 48 (9.9) |
| hMPV | 34 (7.0) |
| WUPyV | 34 (7.0) |
| AdV | 22 (4.5) |
| HCoV‡ | 15 (3.0) |
| Influenza virus | 6 (1.2) |
| KIPyV | 5 (1.0) |
| Coinfection with polyomaviruses and other viruses | 27 (5.5) |
| WUPyV + hRSV | 6 |
| WuPyV + RV | 5 |
| WUPyV + PIV | 5 |
| WUPyV + hMPV | 2 |
| KIPyV + PIV | 2 |
| KIPyV + hCoV-NL63 | 1 |
| KIPyV + RV | 1 |
| WUPyV + RV + PIV | 2 |
| WUPyV + hBoV + PIV | 1 |
| WUPyV + hRSV + hBoV | 1 |
| WUPyV + hCoV-NL63 + PIV | 1 |
*HRSV, human respiratory syncytial virus; RV, rhinovirus; hBoV, human bocavirus; PIV, parainfluenzavirus; hMPV, human metapneumovirus; WUPyV, WU polyomavirus; AdV, adenovirus; HCoV, human coronavirus; KIPyV, KI polyomavirus.
†PIV type 1 in 23 patients, PIV type 2 in 7, PIV type 3 in 10, and PIV type 4 in 8.
‡hCoV-NL63 in 3 patients, hCoV-OC43 in 1, and hCoV-229E in 1.
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