Assessment of infection with polyomaviruses BKV, JCV and SV40 in different groups of Cuban individuals

Arch Virol. 2012 Feb;157(2):315-21. doi: 10.1007/s00705-011-1172-z. Epub 2011 Dec 2.

Abstract

We investigated the frequency of BKV, JCV and SV40 reactivation in three groups of Cuban patients by multiplex nested PCR assay of 40 paraffin-embedded colorectal neoplasm tissues, 113 urine samples, and 125 plasma samples from 27 transplant recipients, and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from 67 HIV-1-infected individuals with central nervous system (CNS) disorders. None of these polyomaviruses were detected in colorectal neoplasms. JCV DNA was detected in 2 of 67 patients (2.9%) with CNS disorders, but neither BKV nor SV40 was identified. BKV was found in urine from 38.5% and 28.6% of adult and pediatric transplant recipients, respectively. In adult renal transplant recipients, excretion of BKV in urine was significantly associated with episodes of acute rejection (p=0.012) and with excretion of HCMV in urine (p= 0.008). In Cuba, the polyomaviruses studied here could not be related to colorectal neoplasms, and JCV was rarely detected in CSFs of HIV-1-infected individuals, whilst BKV reactivation was found to occur frequently in organ transplant recipients.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • BK Virus / genetics
  • BK Virus / isolation & purification*
  • BK Virus / physiology
  • Cuba
  • Female
  • Humans
  • JC Virus / genetics
  • JC Virus / isolation & purification*
  • JC Virus / physiology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Polyomavirus Infections / virology*
  • Simian virus 40 / genetics
  • Simian virus 40 / isolation & purification*
  • Simian virus 40 / physiology
  • Tumor Virus Infections / virology*
  • Young Adult