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Subtype IV of the BK polyomavirus is prevalent in East Asia

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BK polyomavirus (BKV) is ubiquitous in human populations, infecting children asymptomatically and then persisting in the kidney. Using either serological or genotyping methods, BKV isolates have been classified into four subtypes (I–IV), with subtype I mainly detected in all countries studied so far. To elucidate the subtype of BKV prevalent in East Asia, we examined BKV-positive urine samples collected from immunocompetent elderly patients in Mongolia, Northeast China, Northwest China, Southeast China, Southwest China, Vietnam and Japan. The 287-bp typing region of the viral genome in each of these samples was PCR-amplified and sequenced, and a phylogenetic tree was constructed. According to the tree, BKV isolates in East Asia were unambiguously classified into subtype I or IV (subtypes II and III were not detected). In Japan, subtype I was mainly detected and subtype IV was rare, whereas in the other regions subtype IV was detected frequently, at rates ranging from 24 to 100%. Thus, East Asia (excluding Japan) is a region in which subtype-IV BKV is prevalent, a finding that requires the view of the geographic distribution of BKV subtypes to be revised. Furthermore, we present evidence that the immunological states of urine donors do not affect the pattern of BKV subtypes.

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  1. Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Q. Chen, H.-Y. Zheng, S. Zhong, T. Takasaka, S. Takahashi, T. Kitamura & Y. Yogo

  2. Japanese Foundation for AIDS Prevention, Tokyo, Japan

    H.-Y. Zheng

  3. National Research Institute of Police Science, Chiba, Japan

    H. Ikegaya

  4. Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Cancer Hospital of Fujian, Fuzhou, China

    H.-X. He

  5. Department of Urology, General Hospital of Nanjing Military Command, Nanjing, China

    W. Wei

  6. Department of Urology, Fujian Provincial Hospital, Fuzhou, China

    Y.-Y. He

  7. Yokohama Laboratory, Japan Frozen Foods Inspection Corporation, Yokohama, Japan

    N. Kobayashi

  8. Himalayan Veterinary Hospital, Musashimurayama, Japan

    T. Honjo

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Q. C. and H.-Y. Z. contributed equally to this study.

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Chen, Q., Zheng, HY., Zhong, S. et al. Subtype IV of the BK polyomavirus is prevalent in East Asia. Arch Virol 151, 2419–2429 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-006-0814-z

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