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| Cayres-Vallinoto,Izaura Maria Vieira; Vallinoto,Antonio Carlos Rosário; Pena,Giselle Priscila dos Anjos; Azevedo,Vânia Nakauth; Machado,Luiz Fernando Almeida; Ishak,Marluísa de Oliveira Guimarães; Ishak,Ricardo. |
| Abstract JC virus (JCV) is a member of the Polyomaviridae family and is associated to a severe disease known as progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, PML, which is gradually increasing in incidence as an opportunistic infection among AIDS patients. The present study aimed to investigate the occurrence of JCV among HIV-1 carriers including their types and molecular subtypes and the possible association with disease. Urine samples from 66 HIV-1 infected subjects were investigated for the presence of the virus by amplifying VP1 (215 bp) and IG (610 bp) regions using the polymerase chain reaction. JCV was detected in 32% of the samples. The results confirmed the occurrence of type B (subtype Af2); in addition, another polyomavirus, BKV, was also detected... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: JCV; HIV-1; Co-infection; Brazilian Amazon region. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702016000400360 |
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