"JC Virus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A species of POLYOMAVIRUS, originally isolated from the brain of a patient with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. The patient's initials J.C. gave the virus its name. Infection is not accompanied by any apparent illness but serious demyelinating disease can appear later, probably following reactivation of latent virus.
| Descriptor ID |
D007577
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B04.280.210.620.615.400 B04.613.204.670.615.400
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| Concept/Terms |
JC Virus- JC Virus
- Polyomavirus, JC
- JC polyomavirus
- Polyomavirus hominis 2
- John Cunningham Virus
- Virus, John Cunningham
- Human Polyomavirus JC
- Polyomavirus JC, Human
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "JC Virus" by people in Profiles.
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Miskin DP, Herman ST, Ngo LH, Koralnik IJ. Predictors and characteristics of seizures in survivors of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. J Neurovirol. 2016 08; 22(4):464-71.
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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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Enam S, Del Valle L, Lara C, Gan DD, Ortiz-Hidalgo C, Palazzo JP, Khalili K. Association of human polyomavirus JCV with colon cancer: evidence for interaction of viral T-antigen and beta-catenin. Cancer Res. 2002 Dec 1; 62(23):7093-101.