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Merkel cell polyomavirus DNA in tumor-free tonsillar tissues and upper respiratory tract samples: implications for respiratory transmission and latencyKalle Kantola
Department of Virology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, P O Box 21, FIN 00014, Helsinki, Finland
J Clin Virol 45:292-5. 2009..Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV) was discovered recently. It is considered a potential causative agent of Merkel cell carcinoma, a life-threatening skin cancer...
Real-time quantitative PCR detection of four human bocavirusesKalle Kantola
Department of Virology, Haartman Institute, FIN 00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
J Clin Microbiol 48:4044-50. 2010..Our results support earlier findings that HBoV2 is a relatively common pathogen in the stools of diarrheic young children, yet does not often occur in the stools of adults...
Seroepidemiology of human bocaviruses 1-4Kalle Kantola
Department of Virology, University of Helsinki, Finland
J Infect Dis 204:1403-12. 2011..HBoV2-4 occur mainly in the gastrointestinal tract but rarely in the respiratory tract, contrary to human bocavirus 1 (HBoV1)...
Serodiagnosis of human bocavirus infectionKalle Kantola
Department of Virology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland
Clin Infect Dis 46:540-6. 2008..Moreover, nothing is known of HBoV immunity. We examined HBoV-specific systemic B cell responses and assessed their diagnostic use in young children with respiratory disease...
Expression and serological characterization of polyomavirus WUPyV and KIPyV structural proteinsKalle Kantola
Department of Virology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Viral Immunol 23:385-93. 2010..The high and rapidly increasing IgG prevalence rates observed in this study for WUPyV and KIPyV support the notion that these novel polyomaviruses are widespread and are acquired early in childhood...
Occurrence of human bocaviruses and parvovirus 4 in solid tissuesPäivi Norja
Department of Virology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
J Med Virol 84:1267-73. 2012..The results obtained by the PARV4 assays are in line with previous results on PARV4 epidemiology...
Expression of all six human Torque teno virus (TTV) proteins in bacteria and in insect cells, and analysis of their IgG responsesLaura Kakkola
Department of Virology, Haartman Institute and Helsinki University Central Hospital Laboratory, Haartmaninkatu 3, P O Box 21, University of Helsinki, FIN 00014, Finland
Virology 382:182-9. 2008..The genotype-6 sequences remained unaltered for years, suggesting that some mechanisms other than amino acid substitutions play a role in TTV immune evasion...
Newly discovered KI, WU, and Merkel cell polyomaviruses: no evidence of mother-to-fetus transmissionMohammadreza Sadeghi
Department of Virology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Virol J 7:251. 2010..We also measured the MCPyV IgG antibodies in the corresponding maternal sera (N = 462) mostly from the first trimester...
Biological and immunological relations among human parvovirus B19 genotypes 1 to 3Anna Ekman
Department of Virology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
J Virol 81:6927-35. 2007..Cross-reactivity of 100% was observed, indicating that the two B19 genotypes comprise a single serotype...
