"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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JC polyoma virus and kidney disease. Kidney Int. 2014 May; 85(5):1242.