A divergent variant of the eleventh human polyomavirus species, saint louis polyomavirus

Genome Announc. 2013 Oct 24;1(5):e00812-13. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00812-13.

Abstract

Saint Louis polyomavirus (STLPyV) was recently discovered in human feces. Using random-primed rolling circle amplification combined with deep sequencing, we have found a divergent variant of STLPyV in a sanitized human skin wart specimen. The result strongly suggests that STLPyV directly infects humans and is not simply a dietary contaminant.