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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 51 males (18 to 94 years of age; average age, 47.9 years) were examined for the excretion of different genotypes of JCV...
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