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A rare urinary JC virus reactivation after long-term therapy with rituximab

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2021
The possible role of JC virus in determining urinary tract involvement has only recently been recognized. The case of a man with laboratory-confirmed JC virus replication in the urine after a maintenance schedule of rituximab administered for a ...
Fabrizio Di Maida, Lorenzo Viola, Luca Lambertini, Andrea Mari, Jessica Mencarini, Beatrice Borchi, Marco Carini, Lorenzo Zammarchi, Andrea Minervini   +8 more
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Adaptive mutations in the JC virus protein capsid are associated with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML). [PDF]

PLoS Genetics, 2009
PML is a progressive and mostly fatal demyelinating disease caused by JC virus infection and destruction of infected oligodendrocytes in multiple brain foci of susceptible individuals.
Shamil R Sunyaev, Alexey Lugovskoy, Kenneth Simon, Leonid Gorelik   +3 more
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Quasispecies analysis of JC virus DNA present in urine of healthy subjects. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
JC virus is a human polyomavirus that infects the majority of people without apparent symptoms in healthy subjects and it is the causative agent of progressive multifocal leucoencephalopathy (PML), a disorder following lytic infection of oligodendrocytes
Tom Van Loy, Kim Thys, Luc Tritsmans, Lieven J Stuyver   +3 more
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Development of a Potent Stabilizer for Long-Term Storage of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Vaccine Antigens

Vaccines, 2021
A local virus isolate, O/SKR/JC/2014 (O JC), has been considered as a candidate vaccine strain in the development of a domestic foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccine in Korea.
Ah-Young Kim, Hyejin Kim, Sun Young Park, Sang Hyun Park, Jae-Seok Kim, Jung-Won Park, Jong-Hyeon Park, Young-Joon Ko   +7 more
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Reactivation of human herpesvirus-6 in natalizumab treated multiple sclerosis patients. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2008
The alpha(4) integrin antagonist natalizumab was shown to be effective in patients with immune-mediated disorders but was unexpectedly associated with JC polyomavirus associated progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) in two multiple sclerosis ...
Karen Yao, Susan Gagnon, Nahid Akhyani, Elizabeth Williams, Julie Fotheringham, Elliot Frohman, Olaf Stuve, Nancy Monson, Michael K Racke, Steven Jacobson   +9 more
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JC virus-induced progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in a presumably healthy patient

BMC Neurology, 2022
Background JC virus (JCV) is common among healthy individuals and remains latent but may be reactivated under immunosuppressive conditions, resulting in progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML).
Xiang Wang, Jinxiu Chen, Jing Gong, Ying Wu, Xiang-hao Liu   +4 more
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Prevalence of antibodies to the BK and JC papovaviruses in isolated populations Prevalência de anticorpos contra os papovavirus BK e JC em populações isoladas

Revista de Saúde Pública, 1977
A total of 173 sera from isolated Brazilian Indian populations, 39 from the Diauarun area, and 68 from the Alto Xingú area, respectively in the North and the South of the Xingú National Park and 66 Kren-Akorore Indians, were examined for hemagglutination
J. A. N. Candeias, R. G. Baruzzi, S. Pripas, M. lunes   +3 more
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Serological Conversion through a Second Exposure to Inactivated Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Expressing the JC Epitope on the Viral Surface

Vaccines, 2023
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a fatal contagious viral disease that affects cloven-hoofed animals and causes severe economic damage at the national level.
Seong Yun Hwang, Sung Ho Shin, Sung-Han Park, Min Ja Lee, Su-Mi Kim, Jong-Soo Lee, Jong-Hyeon Park   +6 more
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Polymerase chain reaction for the laboratory diagnosis of aseptic meningitis and encephalitis [PDF]

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2000
A protocol for testing cerebrospinal fluid specimens using a range of PCR assays for the diagnosis of central nervous system infection was developed and used to test prospectively 383 specimens.
MARISA CHESKY, ROSANA SCALCO, LUCIANE FAILACE, STEVEN READ, LUIZ FERNANDO JOBIM   +4 more
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Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in a lung transplant recipient: Isolation of John Cunningham (JC) virus from bronchoalveolar lavage

Journal of Global Infectious Diseases, 2016
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a demyelinating disease of the central nervous system caused by polyomavirus John Cunningham (JC) virus.
Tanmay S Panchabhai, Chirag Choudhary, Carlos Isada, Erik Folch, Atul C Mehta   +4 more
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