"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) |
B04.280.210.620.615.400 B04.613.204.670.615.400
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| Concept/Terms |
JC Virus- JC Virus
- Polyomavirus, JC
- JC polyomavirus
- Polyomavirus hominis 2
- John Cunningham Virus
- Virus, John Cunningham
- Human Polyomavirus JC
- Polyomavirus JC, Human
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2005 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2006 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2009 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2010 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2011 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2012 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2013 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "JC Virus" by people in Profiles.
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JC virus infection of meningeal and choroid plexus cells in patients with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. J Neurovirol. 2019 08; 25(4):520-524.
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Treatment of natalizumab-associated PML with filgrastim. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2019 May; 6(5):923-931.