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Descriptor
English
:
JC Virus
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Virus JC
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Vírus JC
Synonyms
English
:
Human Polyomavirus JC
JC polyomavirus
Polyomavirus, JC
Tree Number:
B04.280.640.615.400
B04.909.204.210.620.615.400
B04.909.574.204.670.615.400
B04.909.675.615.400
Definition
English
:
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.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
do not confuse with JAMESTOWN CANYON VIRUS (see
ENCEPHALITIS
VIRUS, CALIFORNIA);
infection
: coord IM with
POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS
(IM) +
TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS
(IM) but consider also LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL
History Note
English
:
2002, 1983-1993
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
chemistry
classification
drug effects
enzymology
growth & development
genetics
immunology
isolation & purification
metabolism
physiology
pathogenicity
radiation effects
ultrastructure
Record Number:
31867
Unique Identifier:
D007577
Occurrence in VHL
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