Identification of a novel human polyomavirus in organs of the gastrointestinal tract.

Polyomaviruses are small, non-enveloped viruses with a circular double-stranded DNA genome. Using a generic polyomavirus PCR targeting the VP1 major structural protein gene, a novel polyomavirus was initially identified in resected human liver tissue and provisionally named Human Polyomavirus 12 (HP...

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Main Authors: Sarah Korup, Janita Rietscher, Sébastien Calvignac-Spencer, Franziska Trusch, Jörg Hofmann, Ugo Moens, Igor Sauer, Sebastian Voigt, Rosa Schmuck, Bernhard Ehlers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23516426/?tool=EBI