Look up: JC virus

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   JC virus
   JC virus: (JCV) A virus that commonly causes infections of no consequence in children with a normal immune system but which is responsible for an infection of the brain and spinal cord called progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) in people with AIDS and other forms of immune system impairment. JC virus is also the primary cause of nephro ...
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   JC virus
   A human retrovirus similar to polyoma virus, but which has not been found associated with any human cancer. Member of the Papovaviridae.
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   JC virus
   <organism, virology> A human retrovirus similar to polyoma virus, but which has not been found associated with any human cancer. Member of the Papovaviridae. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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   JC virus
   The `JC virus` or John Cunningham virus (JCV) is a type of human polyomavirus (formerly known as papovavirus) and is genetically similar to BK virus and SV40. It was discovered in 1971 and named after the two initials of a patient with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML). The virus causes PML and other diseases only in cases of immunodeficiency, as in AIDS, or immunosuppression, as in organ transplant patients.
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   JC virus
   a virus of the genus Polyomavirus that causes widespread infection in childhood and then remains dormant in the infected person but may subsequently cause progressive multifocal leukoencepahalopathy.
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   JC virus
   (from the article `virus`) ...cell) but sometimes induces malignancy (sarcomas or lymphomas) in the occasional cell that is transformed. Viruses related to polyomavirus and ...
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   JC virus
   a human polyomavirus, family Papovaviridae, of worldwide distribution which produces infections that are usually subclinical in immunocompetent individuals, but is associated with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in immunosuppressed individuals. [initials of patient from whom first isolated]
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