Association of autism with polyomavirus infection in postmortem brains

Journal of NeuroVirology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 141-149

  Lintas, Carla ^a,b   Altieri, Laura ^a,b   Lombardi, Federica ^a,b   Sacco, Roberto ^a,b   Persico, Antonio M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autistic disorder; BKV; JCV; Neocortex; Pervasive developmental disorders; SV40

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTOPSY; BASE PAIRING; BK VIRUS; BRAIN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN TISSUE; JC VIRUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMA VIRUS; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; TEMPORAL LOBE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; AUTOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMAVIRUS; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

BK POLYOMAVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; JC POLYOMAVIRUS; POLYOMAVIRUS; SIMIAN VIRUS 40;

EID: 77952119871     PISSN: 13550284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13550281003685839     Document Type: Article

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