TY - JOUR T1 - Polyomaviruses BK and JC DNA infection in peripheral blood cells from blood donors JO - The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases T2 - AU - Haghighi,Malihe Fathi AU - Seyyedi,Noorossadat AU - Farhadi,Ali AU - Zare,Farahnaz AU - Kasraian,Leila AU - Refiei Dehbidi,Gholam Reza AU - Ranjbaran,Reza AU - Behzad-Behbahani,Abbas SN - 14138670 M3 - 10.1016/j.bjid.2019.01.005 DO - 10.1016/j.bjid.2019.01.005 UR - https://bjid.org.br/en-polyomaviruses-bk-jc-dna-infection-articulo-S1413867018305774 AB - ObjectivesTo investigate the prevalence of human polyomavirus (BK and JC viruses) infection in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of healthy blood donors. MethodsThe study included 250 healthy blood donors. Five-milliliter blood was drawn into sterile EDTA tubes and PBMCs were isolated from whole blood. The isolated PBMCs were counted and stored at −70°C for future investigation. DNA was extracted and subjected to simple, sensitive and specific semi-nested PCR as well as QPCR using both general and specific primers for different assays. ResultsOf 250 blood samples, 66 (26.4%) were positive for BKV DNA (146–34,514 copies/106 cells). JC DNA was found in 45 (18%) blood samples (65–21,250 copies/106 cells). Co-infection with these viruses were found in 11 (4.4%) out of 250 blood samples. DiscussionOur study provides important data on polyomavirus infection in peripheral blood mononuclear leukocytes in immunocompetent individuals. These data indicate significant differences between the prevalence of BKV and JCV infection in healthy blood donors. The prevalence of BK and JC virus infection is higher in the age range 30–39 years compared to other age ranges. ER -