Polyomavirus Infections

"Polyomavirus Infections" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Infections with POLYOMAVIRUS, which are often cultured from the urine of kidney transplant patients. Excretion of BK VIRUS is associated with ureteral strictures and CYSTITIS, and that of JC VIRUS with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL).

Descriptor ID	D027601
MeSH Number(s)	C02.256.721
Concept/Terms	Polyomavirus Infections Polyomavirus Infections Polyomavirus Infection

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Polyomavirus Infections".

Diseases [C]
Virus Diseases [C02]
DNA Virus Infections [C02.256]
Polyomavirus Infections [C02.256.721]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Polyomavirus Infections".

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Polyomavirus Infections
Carcinoma, Merkel Cell
Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2002	1	0	1
2005	1	0	1
2006	1	0	1
2008	1	0	1
2009	1	0	1
2010	1	0	1
2011	0	1	1
2013	1	0	1
2015	1	0	1
2020	1	0	1
2021	2	0	2

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Hall IE, Reese PP, Mansour SG, Mohan S, Jia Y, Thiessen-Philbrook HR, Brennan DC, Doshi MD, Muthukumar T, Akalin E, Harhay MN, Schr?ppel B, Singh P, Weng FL, Bromberg JS, Parikh CR. Deceased-Donor Acute Kidney Injury and BK Polyomavirus in Kidney Transplant Recipients. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2021 05 08; 16(5):765-775.

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Pearson VR, Bosse JB, Koyuncu OO, Scherer J, Toruno C, Robinson R, Abegglen LM, Schiffman JD, Enquist LW, Rall GF. Identification of African Elephant Polyomavirus in wild elephants and the creation of a vector expressing its viral tumor antigens to transform elephant primary cells. PLoS One. 2021; 16(2):e0244334.

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Ren HM, Kolawole EM, Ren M, Jin G, Netherby-Winslow CS, Wade Q, Rahman ZSM, Evavold BD, Lukacher AE. IL-21 from high-affinity CD4 T cells drives differentiation of brain-resident CD8 T cells during persistent viral infection. Sci Immunol. 2020 09 18; 5(51).

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Miskin DP, Koralnik IJ. Novel syndromes associated with JC virus infection of neurons and meningeal cells: no longer a gray area. Curr Opin Neurol. 2015 Jun; 28(3):288-94.

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Kwon EK, Halvorson CR, Rady P, Tyring S, Nguyen HP, Kao GF, Gaspari AA. Merkel cell polyomavirus detection in a patient with familial epidermodysplasia verruciformis. Pediatr Dermatol. 2013 Jul-Aug; 30(4):505-7.

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Halvorson CR, McClain S, Rady P, Tyring S, Gaspari AA. Merkel cell carcinoma presenting in a young patient as a forme fruste of variant epidermodysplasia verruciformis. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2011 Sep; 65(3):667-669.

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Wu KN, McCue PA, Berger A, Spiegel JR, Wang ZX, Witkiewicz AK. Detection of Merkel cell carcinoma polyomavirus in mucosal Merkel cell carcinoma. Int J Surg Pathol. 2010 Oct; 18(5):342-6.

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Singh HK, Andreoni KA, Madden V, True K, Detwiler R, Weck K, Nickeleit V. Presence of urinary Haufen accurately predicts polyomavirus nephropathy. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2009 Feb; 20(2):416-27.

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Russo G, Anzivino E, Fioriti D, Mischitelli M, Bellizzi A, Giordano A, Autran-Gomez A, Di Monaco F, Di Silverio F, Sale P, Di Prospero L, Pietropaolo V. p53 gene mutational rate, Gleason score, and BK virus infection in prostate adenocarcinoma: Is there a correlation? J Med Virol. 2008 Dec; 80(12):2100-7.

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Friedman DP, Flanders AE. MR Imaging of BK virus encephalitis. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2006 May; 27(5):1016-8.

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