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Human neurotropic polyomavirus, JCV, and its role in carcinogenesis.
Oncogene - 11 Aug 2003
Khalili Kamel, Del Valle Luis, Otte Jessica, Weaver Michael, Gordon Jennifer
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A number of recent studies have reported the detection of the ubiquitous human polyomavirus, JC virus (JCV), in samples derived from several types of neural as well as non-neural human tumors. The human neurotropic JCV was first identified as the etiologic agent of the fatal demyelinating disease, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, which usually occurs in individuals with defects in cell-mediated...
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