Recently, several new members of the polyomaviridae family have been identified [
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
] in human skin samples from immunocompromised or healthy individuals and in skin malignancies,
including Merkel cell Carcinoma polyomavirus (MCPyV), human polyomaviruses 6 (HPyV6),
7 (HPyV7) and 9 (HPyV9), and the Trichodysplasia spinulosa-associated polyomavirus
(TSPyV).Keywords
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Published online: May 02, 2013
Received:
August 22,
2012
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