Article
Genotype profile of human polyomavirus JC excreted in urine of immunocompetent individuals.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jan 1996
Agostini H T, Ryschkewitsch C F, Stoner G L
Abstract excerpt
The human polyomavirus JC (JCV) causes the central demyelinating disease progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in about 5% of AIDS patients. To characterize the type profile of JCV in a control population in the United States, 54 females (10 to 79 years of age; average age, 43.4 years) and 5...
Topics
- AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Base Sequence
- Carrier State
- Case-Control Studies
- DNA Primers
- DNA, Viral
- Female
- Genes, Regulator
