Prevalence and Pathogenicity of WU and KI Polyomaviruses in Children, the Netherlands

Abstract

A longitudinal study in 2004 and 2005 detected polyomaviruses WU and KI in 44% and 17% of children with and without respiratory symptoms, respectively, in the Netherlands. In some children both viruses were detected for long periods. In several symptomatic children no other respiratory pathogen was detected.

Keywords

• respiratory tract infections
• viruses
• child
• preschool
• dispatch
• the Netherlands