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ArticleViruses2022

Molecular Epidemiology and Variation of the BK Polyomavirus in the Population of Central and Eastern Europe Based on the Example of Poland.

Jacek Furmaga, Marek Kowalczyk, Olga Furmaga, Christos A Rokos, Tomasz Zapolski, Leszek Krakowski, Andrzej Jakubczak, Sławomir Rudzki

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Article in Viruses, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Jacek FurmagaDepartment of General and Transplant Surgery and Clinical Nutrition, Medical University of Lublin, 20-954 Lublin, Poland.
Marek KowalczykInstitute of Quality Assessment and Processing of Animal Products, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, 20-950 Lublin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-0631-4468
Olga FurmagaDepartment of Radiology, General Hospital of Thessaloniki George Papanicolaou, 56403 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-5139-2890
Christos A RokosDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, AHEPA Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Kiriakidi 1, 54636 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-5627-4201
Tomasz ZapolskiDepartment of Cardiology, Medical University of Lublin, 20-954 Lublin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-9808-8853
Leszek KrakowskiDepartment and Clinic of Animal Reproduction, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Life Sciences, Gleboka 30, 20-612 Lublin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-8868-5670
Andrzej JakubczakInstitute of Biological Basis of Animal Production, Faculty of Animal Sciences and Bioeconomy, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, 20-950 Lublin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-8320-8349
Sławomir RudzkiDepartment of General and Transplant Surgery and Clinical Nutrition, Medical University of Lublin, 20-954 Lublin, Poland.
Medical University of Lublin · PLUniversity of Life Sciences in Lublin · PLAristotle University of Thessaloniki · GRG. Papanikolaou General Hospital · GR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The BK polyomavirus (BKPyV) is a widespread pathogen in humans. Polymorphism of the region encoding the VP1 protein of BKPyV provides the basis for classifying the virus into types and subtypes, whose frequency varies depending on geographic location. The aim of our study was to determine the frequency of BKPyV in the Polish population and to assess its variation by analysing polymorphism in the typing region. The study was conducted on 168 healthy, Polish volunteers, whose blood (plasma) and urine were sampled. The virus was detected using PCR, products, sequenced and subjected to bioinformatic analysis. In addition, viral load was assessed by qPCR. The presence of the genetic material of the BK virus was noted in 61/168 urine samples but in none of the plasma sample. Sequencing and phylogenetic analysis confirmed that the BKPyV isolates were of types I and IV, dominant in Europe (63.93% and 36.07%, respectively). All isolates from genotype I belonged to subtype Ib-2, showing polymorphism at position 1809 with a frequency of 61.54% (G1809A) and 38.46% (G1809C). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study of this magnitude on the genetic variation of BKPyV among healthy volunteers in Poland.

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Genetic VariationAdultAgedBase SequenceBK VirusDNA, ViralEuropeFemaleGenotypeHumansMaleMiddle AgedMolecular EpidemiologyPhylogenyPolandPolyomavirus InfectionsDNA, ViralBKPyVgenotypingmolecular diagnosticspolymorphism

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PMID35215804
PMCPMC8878621
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