Trichodysplasia spinulosa polyomavirus infection occurs during early childhood with intra-familial transmission, especially from mother to child

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Pedergnana, Vincent | Martel-Jantin, Claire | Nicol, Jérôme | Leblond, Valérie | Tortevoye, Patricia | Coursaget, Pierre | Touzé, Antoine | Abel, Laurent | Gessain, Antoine

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International audience. To get new insights into the distribution and modes of acquisition of trichodysplasia spinulosa polyomavirus (TSPyV) infection, we performed a seroepidemiological study in two populations from Cameroon. Our results suggest that TSPyV infection occurs, through close contacts, during early childhood with intra-familial transmission, especially from mother to child.

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