Reply to "Contamination of SVG p12 cells with BK polyomavirus occurred after deposit in the American type culture collection".
Rinaldo CHDepartment of Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway Metabolic and Renal Research Group, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway Christine.rinaldo@unn.no.
Henriksen SDepartment of Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
Tylden GDDepartment of Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway Department of Medical Biology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
Hirsch HHTransplantation & Clinical Virology, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland Infectious Diseases & Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.