Detection of merkel cell polyomavirus in the human tissues from 41 Japanese autopsy cases using polymerase chain reaction

Intervirology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-5

  Matsushita, Michiko ^a   Kuwamoto, Satoshi ^a   Iwasaki, Takeshi ^a   Higaki Mori, Hiromi ^a   Yashima, Shoji ^b   Kato, Masako ^a   Murakami, Ichiro ^a   Horie, Yasushi ^b   Kitamura, Yukisato ^a   Hayashi, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Human tissues; Merkel cell polyomavirus; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT; AGED; AORTA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE MARROW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GALLBLADDER; HEART; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; JAPANESE; MALE; MERKEL CELL POLYOMAVIRUS; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN; STOMACH; THYROID GLAND; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; MERKEL CELL POLYOMAVIRUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEX FACTORS; VIRAL LOAD;

POLYOMAVIRUS;

EID: 84870381846     PISSN: 03005526     EISSN: 14230100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000338620     Document Type: Article

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