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Unambiguous identification of JC polyomavirus strains transmitted from parents to children.
Archives of virology - 1 Feb 2004
Zheng H-Y, Kitamura T, Takasaka T, Chen Q, Yogo Y
Abstract excerpt
JC polyomavirus (JCV), the etiological agent of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, is ubiquitous in humans, infecting children asymptomatically, then persisting in renal tissue. It has been proposed that JCV is transmitted mainly from parents to children through long-term cohabitation. The objective of this study was to further elucidate the mode of JCV transmission. In 5 families, we selected...
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