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Emerg Infect Dis
; 24(9): 1744-1746, 2018 09.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-30124403
ABSTRACT
Trichodysplasia spinulosa polyomavirus causes trichodysplasia spinulosa, a skin infection, in immunocompromised persons, but the virus is rarely detected in respiratory samples. Using PCR, we detected persistent virus in respiratory and skin samples from an immunocompromised boy with respiratory signs but no characteristic skin spicules. This virus may play a role in respiratory illness.