Immunosuppression increases JC polyomavirus large T antigen DNA load in the brains of patients without progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 133-136

  Bayliss, Julianne ^a,c   Karasoulos, Tanja ^a   McLean, Catriona A ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; Immunosuppression; JC virus; Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS LARGE T ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; JC VIRUS; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VIRUS LOAD;

ANTIGENS, POLYOMAVIRUS TRANSFORMING; BRAIN; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DNA, VIRAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; JC VIRUS; KIDNEY; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84872969381     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jis668     Document Type: Article

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