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cord-267928-dflkggjt	Kantola, Kalle	Merkel cell polyomavirus DNA in tumor-free tonsillar tissues and upper respiratory tract samples: Implications for respiratory transmission and latency	2009-05-22		.txt	text/plain	2731	162	58	STUDY DESIGN: Altogether 1390 samples from immunocompetent or immunocompromised patients, including (i) tonsillar tissues and sera from tonsillectomy patients; (ii) nasopharyngeal aspirates (NPAs) and sera from wheezing children and (iii) nasal swabs, sera and stools from febrile leukemic children were studied for MCPyV. RESULTS: MCPyV DNA was detected in 14 samples altogether; 8 of 229 (3.5%) tonsillar tissues, 3 of 140 (2.1%) NPAs, 2 of 106 (1.9%) nasal swabs and 1 of 840 (0.1%) sera. In this study MCPyV DNA was detected in clinical samples of many different types: nasal swabs and nasopharyngeal aspirates, tumor-free tonsillar tissues and sera. Among immunocompetent children, the absence of MCPyV from the 496 serum samples tested is in accordance with our recent study (in submission) in which the two other polyomaviruses KIPyV and WUPyV were absent from all of these sera.	./cache/cord-267928-dflkggjt.txt	./txt/cord-267928-dflkggjt.txt