Quantitation of human seroresponsiveness to Merkel cell polyomavirus.

Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a relatively uncommon but highly lethal form of skin cancer. A majority of MCC tumors carry DNA sequences derived from a newly identified virus called Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCV or MCPyV), a candidate etiologic agent underlying the development of MCC. To further inv...

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Main Authors: Diana V Pastrana, Yanis L Tolstov, Jürgen C Becker, Patrick S Moore, Yuan Chang, Christopher B Buck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-09-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/19750217/?tool=EBI