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No Evidence of an Association of JC Virus and Colon Neoplasia
1 Apr 2004
Abstract excerpt
JC virus (JCV) is an ubiquitous human polyomavirus that frequently resides in the kidneys of healthy individuals and is excreted in the urine of a large proportion of the adult population. Polyomaviruses are associated with disease largely in immunocompromised individuals (progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy). Colorectal cancers can show chromosome instability and it was hypothesized that JCV may account...
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