Human JCV infections as a bio-anthropological marker of the formation of Brazilian Amazonian populations.

JC polyomavirus (JCV) is a member of the Polyomaviridae family. It presents a tropism to kidney cells, and the infection occurs in a variety of human population groups of different ethnic background. The present study investigated the prevalence of JCV infection among human populations from the Braz...

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Main Authors: Izaura M V Cayres-Vallinoto, Antonio C R Vallinoto, Vânia N Azevedo, Luis Fernando Almeida Machado, Marluísa de Oliveira Guimarães Ishak, Ricardo Ishak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3470572?pdf=render