High Prevalence Of Infection With Three Recently Discovered Human Polyomaviruses
Friday, April 3, 2009 - 10:14
in Health & Medicine
A majority of the human population has been exposed to newly discovered KI (KIV), WU (WUV), and Merkel cell (MCV) human polyomaviruses, according to a new study. The results, based on antibody measurements in serum samples, also suggest that infection with these viruses occurs early in childhood.