Country

Sample

Method

Nro. of patients

Prevalence

Reference

Brasil

Urine

PCR

160 children HIV+ y 60 healthy children

25% JCV; 40% BKV

[7]

Brasil

Saliva

PCR-TR

60 children HIV+ y 60 healthy children

3% JCV; 6% BKV

[27]

Brasil

Urine

PCR

75 HIV+

19% BKV; 14.7% JCV; 56% coinfection

[4]

Italy

Urine y semen

PCR-TR

212 infertile men y 200 fertile men

34% JCV, 1% BKV in infertile;

20% JCV, 1% BKV fertile

[28]

Serbia

Urine

PCR

93 HIV+/107 healthy

44% JCV HIV+; 32% JCV healthy

[22]

Kenia

Cervical smears

Cervical carcinomas

PCR

healthy women/HIV+

5% and 16% JCV HIV+, 8% and 6% JCV healthy

[29]

África

CSF

PCR/ELISA

131 meningitis and/or encephalitis

4% BKV; 2% JCV

3% coinfection

[6]

Zambia

CSF

PCR

331 adult HIV+

6% JCV

[30]

India

CSF

PCR/MRI

1.965 HIV+

3% JCV

[23]

Colombia

CSF

PCR-TR

34 HIV+

26% JCV; 3% BKV/JCV

Present study