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Detection of JC virus DNA in human tonsil tissue: evidence for site of initial viral infection.
Journal of virology - 1 Dec 1998
Monaco M C, Jensen P N, Hou J, Durham L C, Major E O
Abstract excerpt
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy is a demyelinating disease of the human central nervous system that results from lytic infection of oligodendrocytes by the polyomavirus JC (JCV). Originally, JCV was thought to replicate exclusively in human glial cells, specifically oligodendrocytes. However, we have recently shown that JCV can replicate in cells of lymphoid origin such as hematopoietic precursor...
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