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Genotypes of JC virus, DNA of cytomegalovirus, and proviral DNA of human immunodeficiency virus in eyes of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patients.
Journal of neurovirology - 1 Feb 2005
Eberwein Philipp, Hansen Lutz L, Agostini Hansjürgen T
Abstract excerpt
JC virus (JCV) is a human polyomavirus that exists in at least eight different genotypes as a result of coevolution with different human populations all over the world. Well adapted to its host, it usually persists in the kidneys and possibly the brain. If the host becomes immunodeficient, JCV can cause the fatal demyelinating disease progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML). There is increasing evidence...
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