TY - JOUR AU - Bagasi, Arwa AU - Khandaker, Tasneem AU - Clark, Gemma AU - Akagha, Terry AU - Ball, Jonathan AU - Irving, William AU - McClure, C. Patrick T1 - Trichodysplasia Spinulosa Polyomavirus in Respiratory Tract of Immunocompromised Child T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2018 VL - 24 IS - 9 SP - 1744 SN - 1080-6059 AB - 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. KW - TSPyV KW - trichodysplasia spinulosa KW - trichodysplasia spinulosa polyomavirus KW - PCR KW - respiratory tract KW - polyomavirus KW - human polyomavirus 8 KW - viruses KW - child KW - United Kingdom KW - respiratory infections DO - 10.3201/eid2409.180829 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/9/18-0829_article ER - End of Reference