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Multiplex qPCR assay for ultra sensitive detection of JCV DNA with simultaneous identification of genotypes that discriminates non-virulent from virulent variants.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Jul 2013
Ryschkewitsch Caroline F, Jensen Peter N, Major Eugene O
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BACKGROUND: JC virus (JCV) is the etiologic agent for progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), a demyelinating disease occurring in the brain of patients with underlying immune compromised states. All viable JCV genomes contain a conserved region in the T protein coding nucleotide sequence that when detected by PCR in CSF is a confirmatory diagnostic marker for PML along with clinical and...
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