Human polyomaviruses JC and BK in the urine of Brazilian children and adolescents vertically infected by HIV

The aim of this study was to characterize the urinary excretion of the BK (BKV) and JC (JCV) human polyomaviruses in a cohort of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected children and adolescents. One hundred and fifty-six patients were enrolled: Group I included 116 HIV-infected children and adol...

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Main Authors: Daisy Maria Machado, Maria Cristina Fink, Cláudio Sérgio Pannuti, Regina Célia de Menezes Succi, Alessandra Aparecida Machado, Fabiana Bononi do Carmo, Aída de Fátima Barbosa Gouvêa, Paulo Roberto Urbano, Suenia Vasconcelos Beltrão, Isabel Cristina Lopes dos Santos, Clarisse Martins Machado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2011-12-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762011000800006&lng=en&tlng=en