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Table 1 Seroprevalence of HPyV6 and HPyV7 antibodies in serum using ELISA or Luminex platform

From: Emerging role of human polyomaviruses 6 and 7 in human cancers

Source of the specimen

Age (y)

Samples n

HPyV6 Positive n (%)

HPyV7 Positive n (%)

Assay

Reference

VLP

GST

VLP

GST

18–65 (y) Blood donors.

< 18 or > 65 (y)

From discarded lab samples

1–4

48

18 (37.5)

 

5 (10.4)

 

ELISA

[39]

5–9

69

40 (57.9)

 

23 (33.3)

 

10–14

92

65 (70.6)

 

41 (44.6)

 

15–19

89

55 (61.8)

 

32 (36)

 

20–29

49

43 (87.8)

 

22 (44.9)

 

30–39

73

49 (67.1)

 

31 (42.5)

 

40–49

105

89 (84.8)

 

62 (59.1)

 

50–59

95

78 (82.1)

 

64 (67.4)

 

60–69

100

88 (88)

 

68 (68)

 

70–79

52

46 (88.5)

 

42 (80.8)

 

≥ 80

56

55 (98.2)

 

48 (85.7)

 

Blood donors

20–29

96

82 (85.4)

77 (80.2)

58 (60.4)

68 (70.8)

ELISA

[37]

30–39

129

114 (88.4)

111 (86)

92 (71.3)

106 (82.2)

40–49

52

48 (92.3)

48 (92.3)

32 (61.5)

40 (76.9)

50–59

24

22 (91.7)

21 (87.5)

16 (66.7)

19 (79.2)

> 59

5

4 (80)

4 (80)

3 (60)

4 (80)

Serum obtained for routine lab tests

0–0.5

31

 

25 (80.6)

 

18 (58.1)

Luminex platform

[40]

0.6–1.9

63

 

14 (22.2)

 

12 (19)

2–3

62

 

21 (33.9)

 

12 (19.4)

4–5

58

 

26 (44.8)

 

19 (32.8)

6–7

58

 

29 (50)

 

21 (36.2)

8–9

70

 

44 (62.9)

 

27 (38.6)

10–14

55

 

31 (56.4)

 

21 (38.2)

15–19

59

 

38 (64.4)

 

25 (42.4)

20–29

59

 

39 (66.1)

 

30 (50.8)

30–39

64

 

41 (64.1)

 

35 (54.7)

40–49

54

 

34 (63)

 

33 (61.1)

50–59

58

 

46 (79.3)

 

36 (62.1)

60–69

54

 

50 (92.6)

 

45 (83.3)

> 70

54

 

50 (92.6)

 

46 (85.2)

Blood donors

18–29

208

 

156 (75.7)

 

117 (56.8)

Luminex platform

[38]

30–39

209

 

175 (84.5)

 

154 (74.4)

40–49

208

 

173 (83.6)

 

155 (74.9)

50–59

215

 

184 (85.6)

 

154 (71.6)

60–69

210

 

187 (89.5)

 

169 (80.9)

Blood donors

 

95

66 (69)

 

33 (35)

 

ELISA

[23]

SCCs transplanted cases

 

110

 

65 (59)

 

57 (51.8)

ELISA and Luminex platform

[42]

Non-SCCs transplanted cases

 

207

 

137 (66.2)

 

85 (41)

Lung cancer

 

511

393 (76.9)

 

333 (65.2)

 

Luminex platform

[43]

Controls

 

508

400 (78.7)

 

334 (65.8)

 
  1. ELISA enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays, GST glutathione-S-transferase, SCC squamous cell carcinoma, VLP virus-like particles, (y) years old