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. 2011 Jun 25;52(1):28–32. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2011.05.024

Table 3.

Demographics and clinical presentation of patients positive for WUPyV or KIPyV.

KIPyV
WUPyV
Hematology/oncology no. Control no. Hematology/oncology no. Control no.
Immunocompromised status
 On chemotherapy (%) 6 (66.7) N/A 2 (40) N/A
 Primary immunodeficiency (%) 1 (11.1) N/A 0 (0) N/A
 Bone marrow transplant (%) 6 (66.7) N/A 0 (0) N/A
 Leukemia (%) 3 (33.3) N/A 4 (80) N/A
 Solid organ tumor (%) 3 (33.3) N/A 0 (0) N/A
 Lymphoma (%) 1 (11.1) N/A 0 (0) N/A
Clinical features
 Median day of illness (range) 3 (1–38) 4 (1–60) 1 (1–4) 2 (1–8)
 Fever (%) 4 (44.4) 3 (42.9) 2 (40) 10 (76.9)
 Cough (%) 2 (22.2) 4 (57.1) 3 (60) 5 (38.5)
 Rhinorrhea (%) 2 (22.2) 2 (28.6) 1 (20) 6 (46.2)
 Cyanosis (%) 0 (0) 2 (28.6) 0 (0) 1 (7.7)
 Asymptomatic (%) 1 (11.1) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
 Wheeze (%) 0 (0) 1 (14.3) 0 (0) 1 (7.7)
 Dyspnea (%) 0 (0) 3 (42.9) 1 (20) 2 (15.4)
 Vomiting (%) 3 (33.3) 0 (0) 2 (40) 1 (7.7)
 Myalgias/arthralgias (%) 0 (0) 1 (14.3) 0 (0) 1 (7.7)
 Sneezing (%) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (7.7)
 Tachypnea (%) 0 (0) 2 (28.6) 1 (20) 2 (15.4)
 Abdominal pain (%) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
 Croup (%) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (15.4)
 Hospitalized (%) 6 (66.7) 3 (42.9) 2 (40) 5 (38.5)
 PICUa admission (%) 0 (0) 2 (28.6) 1 (20) 2 (15.4)
Viral load
 Geometric mean viral load (copies per cell) 3.36 × 107 5.02 × 104 1.39 × 108 7.51 × 108
 Geometric mean viral load (copies per mL) 4.10 × 1013 1.31 × 1011 2.51 × 1014 1.06 × 1015
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PICU, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.