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JC virus type 2B is found more frequently in brain tissue of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy patients than in urine from controls.
Journal of human virology - 1 Jan 2000
Agostini H T, Ryschkewitsch C F, Singer E J, Baumhefner R W, Stoner G L
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OBJECTIVES: Previous studies have shown that strains of human polyomavirus JC (JCV) of Asian origin (type 2) are much more highly represented in progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) brain than would be expected from their frequency of excretion in urine samples of a comparable control group. The present studies were designed to test whether one subtype of type 2 was preferentially elevated. STUDY...
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