JC virus
Meaning
Noun
- A human double-stranded DNA virus of the species JC polyomavirus (species), causing progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy and other diseases in immunodeficient patients.
- Jamestown Canyon virus
Related
Similar words
- JCV, John Cunningham virus
Origin
- After the patient, John Cunningham, in whom ZuRhein and Chou identified this virus in 1965 by electron microscopy.
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