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BK virus genotype distribution offers information of tracing the geographical origins of unidentified cadaver.
Forensic science international - 15 Nov 2007
Ikegaya Hiroshi, Motani Hisako, Saukko Pekka, Sato Keita, Akutsu Tomoko, Sakurada Koichi
Abstract excerpt
There are no efficient methods to determine the geographic origin of unidentified cadavers. We showed earlier that the geographical distribution of the JC virus genotype detected from human kidneys indicates the host's geographical origin. As there are still cadavers from which we cannot detect the JC virus (JCV), we investigated whether the genotype of another virus species belonging to the same family, human BK...
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