JC Virus
"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) |
B04.280.640.615.400 B04.909.204.210.620.615.400 B04.909.574.204.670.615.400 B04.909.675.615.400
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| Concept/Terms |
JC Virus- JC Virus
- JC polyomavirus
- Polyomavirus, JC
- Human Polyomavirus JC
- Polyomavirus JC, Human
- Polyomavirus hominis 2
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "JC Virus" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Del Valle L, Sweet T, Parker-Struckhoff A, Perez-Liz G, Pi?a-Oviedo S. JCPyV T-Antigen Activation of the Anti-Apoptotic Survivin Promoter-Its Role in the Development of Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy. Viruses. 2020 11 03; 12(11).