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MeSH Heading: JC Virus
Tree Number(s): B04.280.210.700.615.400; B04.613.204.670.615.400
Unique ID: D007577
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007577
Annotation: do not confuse with JAMESTOWN CANYON VIRUS see ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, CALIFORNIA; infection: coordinate IM with POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS (IM) + TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS (IM) but consider also LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Term(s): Human Polyomavirus JC; JC polyomavirus; John Cunningham Virus; Polyomavirus hominis 2; Polyomavirus, JC
Previous Indexing: Papovaviridae (1971-1982); Polyomaviruses (1971-1982)
Public MeSH Note: 2002; see POLYOMAVIRUS HOMINIS 2 1994-2001, see JC VIRUS 1983-93
History Note: 2002, 1983-1993
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1982/04/26
Revision Date: 2020/08/13

Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pathogenicity (PY)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

ultrastructure (UL)

Concept UI: M0011837
Scope Note: 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.
Terms: JC Virus Preferred Term
Term UI T022758
Date03/04/1993
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Polyomavirus hominis 2
Term UI T022759
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1983); JC polyomavirus
Term UI T437986
Date03/06/2001
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2002); Polyomavirus, JC
Term UI T437987
Date03/06/2001
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2002); Human Polyomavirus JC
Term UI T437988
Date03/06/2001
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2002); John Cunningham Virus
Term UI T000866986
Date09/22/2014
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2016)

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