Merkel Cell Polyomavirus Strains in Patients with Merkel Cell Carcinoma
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Date publication
juin 2009
Auteurs
Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr AUBIN François, Pr CLAVEL Christine
Tous les auteurs :
Touze A, Gaitan J, Maruani A, Le Bidre E, Doussinaud A, Clavel C, Durlach A, Aubin F, Guyetant S, Lorette G, Coursaget P
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Résumé
We investigated whether Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) patients in France carry Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV) and then identified strain variations. All frozen MCC specimens and 45% of formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded specimens, but none of the non-MCC neuroendocrine carcinomas specimens, had MCPyV. Strains from France and the United States were similar.
Référence
Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Jun;15(6):960-2.