Infrequent detection of KI, WU and MC polyomaviruses in immunosuppressed individuals with or without progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Dang, Xin ^a   Bialasiewicz, Seweryn ^b,c   Nissen, Michael D ^b,c,d   Sloots, Theo P ^b,c,d   Koralnik, Igor J ^a   Tan, Chen S ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Sir Albert Sakzewski Virus Research Centre   (Australia)

^c Queensland Children's Medical Research Institute   (Australia)

^d Chemical Pathology   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BK VIRUS; BONE MARROW; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; JC VIRUS; KI VIRUS; MERCKEL CELL CARCINOMA POLYOMA VIRUS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYOMA VIRUS; PREVALENCE; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS REACTIVATION; WU VIRUS; GENETICS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MASS SCREENING; VIROLOGY;

JC POLYOMAVIRUS; POLYOMAVIRUS;

HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL; MASS SCREENING; POLYOMAVIRUS;

EID: 79952760885     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016736     Document Type: Article

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