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. 1997 Jan;35(1):71–78. doi: 10.1128/jcm.35.1.71-78.1997

Detection of adeno-associated virus type 2 sequences in the human genital tract.

M Friedman-Einat 1, Z Grossman 1, F Mileguir 1, Z Smetana 1, M Ashkenazi 1, G Barkai 1, N Varsano 1, E Glick 1, E Mendelson 1
PMCID: PMC229514  PMID: 8968883

Abstract

Adeno-associated virus (AAV) is a defective parvovirus with unknown pathogenicity. It requires helper functions for its normal replication in human tissue and therefore is not readily isolated from clinical specimens. We have used the PCR method to examine the following clinical samples for the presence of AAV sequences: (i) 15 nasopharyngeal aspirates from symptomatic patients, (ii) 7 swab or fluid specimens from vesicles of patients suspected of having varicella-zoster virus infections, (iii) 21 human papilloma virus-positive genital biopsy specimens, (iv) 61 genital swab specimens from women suspected of having herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection examined either directly or following propagation in tissue culture, (v) 62 samples of first-trimester aborted material, including 38 samples from spontaneous abortions and 24 samples from induced abortions, (vi) 11 samples of chorionic villi taken from women undergoing genetic prenatal diagnosis, and (vii) three lots of cultured human embryonic cells. AAV sequences were detected only in samples taken from the genital tracts of women suspected of having HSV infection and not in any of the other types of samples. Samples from 11 patients were positive for AAV: for 4 patients the original swab sample was positive, for 4 patients the cultured swab sample was positive, and for 3 patients both the original swab samples and the cultures were positive. Five of the 11 patients were infected with HSV. Our study demonstrates the presence of AAV in the female genital tract. However, in contrast to a previous report (E. Tobiasch, M. Rabreau, K. Geletneky, S. Larue-Charlus, F. Severin, N. Becker, and J. R. Schlehofer, J. Med. Virol. 44:215-222, 1994), we did not find solid evidence of its replication in maternal or embryonal tissues from the first trimester of pregnancy. The questions of a potential pathogenic etiology of AAV and the interaction with HSV remain open.

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