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Single-Molecule Sequencing Revealing the Presence of Distinct JC Polyomavirus Populations in Patients With Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 15 Mar 2017
Seppälä Hanna, Virtanen Elina, Saarela Mika, Laine Pia, Paulín Lars, Mannonen Laura, Auvinen Petri, Auvinen Eeva
Abstract excerpt
Background: Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a fatal disease caused by reactivation of JC polyomavirus (JCPyV) in immunosuppressed individuals and lytic infection by neurotropic JCPyV in glial cells. The exact content of neurotropic mutations within individual JCPyV strains has not been studied to our knowledge. Methods: We exploited the capacity of single-molecule real-time sequencing...
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