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Human JC polyomavirus in normal colorectal mucosa, hyperplastic polyps, sporadic adenomas, and adenocarcinomas in Portugal.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Dec 2013
Coelho Tatiana Rasteiro, Gaspar Rita, Figueiredo Pedro, Mendonça Cristina, Lazo Pedro A, Almeida Luís
Abstract excerpt
John Cunningham virus (JCV) infects chronically human populations worldwide and probably might confer a higher risk for colorectal cancer (CRC). The prevalence of JCV DNA has been determined in normal colon mucosa and compared it with different degrees of colorectal lesions, as well as viral presence in the urine of the individuals in the study. JCV DNA was detected by a nested-PCR approach targeting the JCV...
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