Survey for the presence of BK, JC, KI, WU and Merkel cell polyomaviruses in human brain tissues

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-14

  Lam, W Y ^a   Leung, B W ^a   Chu, Ida M T ^a   Chan, Alexander C L ^b   Ng, H K ^a   Chan, Paul K S ^a  

^a Chinese University of Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Human polyomavirus; KI; Merkel cell polyomavirus; Nested PCR; Neuropersistence; WU

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BK VIRUS; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TISSUE; JC VIRUS; KI VIRUS; MERKEL CELL VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; POLYOMA VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; WU VIRUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMAVIRUS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 77950593940     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2010.01.017     Document Type: Article

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