Molecular analysis of JC virus genotypes circulating among the Italian healthy population

Journal of NeuroVirology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 559-566

  Pagani, Elisabetta ^a   Delbue, Serena ^b   Mancuso, Roberta ^a   Borghi, Elisa ^b   Tarantini, Letizia ^b   Ferrante, Pasquale ^a,b  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

JCV genotypes; JCV subtypes; JCV viruria; Transcriptional control region

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; GUANINE; PROTEIN VP1; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS T ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SCREENING; FEMALE; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; ITALY; JC VIRUS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; REGIONALIZATION; SEX RATIO; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; URINALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS EXCRETION; VIRUS STRAIN;

DNA VIRUSES; JC VIRUS;

EID: 0142074673     PISSN: 13550284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13550280390241269     Document Type: Article

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