Molecular Characterization of BK and JC Viruses Circulating among Potential Kidney Donors in Kuwait

Table 1

Distribution of polyomavirus genotypes among Kuwaiti and non-Kuwaiti Arabs.

	BKV genotype; Total 𝑛=3; (𝑛, %)	JCV genotype; Total 𝑛=25; (𝑛, %)
Kuwaiti (𝑛=21)	Ib1 (2, 67%); IVc* (1, 33%)	1 (1, 5%); 2 (2, 11%); 3 (10, 55%); 4 (3, 17%); 7 (2, 11%)
Non-Kuwaiti Arabs (𝑛=7)	—	1 (4, 57%); 3 (2, 29%); 4 (1, 14%)

∗One BKV sequence defined a new branch within the subtype-IV subgroup IVc.