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 |