Abstract
Polyomaviruses belong to the family Polyomaviridae. JCPyV and BKPyV were the first described capable of infecting humans, being discovered in 1971. From this, several other human poliomaviruses have been described as causing disease (such as Merkel Cell polyomavirus), but the vast majority are possible commensals. In the year 2014, the Saint Louis polyomavirus (STLPyV) was found in a stoo…