Article
Analysis of variability of urinary excreted JC virus strains in patients infected with HIV and healthy donors.
Journal of neurovirology - 1 Jun 2018
Karalic Danijela, Lazarevic Ivana, Banko Ana, Cupic Maja, Jevtovic Djordje, Jovanovic Tanja
Abstract excerpt
In immunocompromised individuals, especially in patients with T cell immunodeficiency, reactivation of JCPyV can cause serious life-threatening diseases. Nowadays, HIV infection is one of the most important factor for reactivation of JCPyV and the development of of the progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML). Mutations in the outer loops of the VP1 region can lead to the selection of the viral variants...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
