Article
Detection of JC virus in two African cases of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy including identification of JCV type 3 in a Gambian AIDS patient.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Aug 1998
Stoner G L, Agostini H T, Ryschkewitsch C F, Mazló M, Gullotta F, Wamukota W, Lucas S
Abstract excerpt
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a fatal demyelinating central nervous system (CNS) infection, affecting mainly oligodendrocytes, but also occasional astrocytes. In the USA, Europe and Asia, PML is caused by the human polyomavirus JC virus (JCV) and in autopsy series occurs in...
Topics
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Brain
- Capsid
- Consensus Sequence
- DNA, Viral
- Gambia
- Genotype
- Germany
- HIV-2
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- JC Virus
- Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal