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SUBMITTER: Toracchio S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3294524 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Toracchio Sonia S Foyle Annette A Sroller Vojtech V Reed Jon A JA Wu Jun J Kozinetz Claudia A CA Butel Janet S JS
Emerging infectious diseases 20101101 11
To test the hypothesis that Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV) can infect cells of the lymphoid system, we analyzed 353 specimens, including 152 non-Hodgkin lymphomas, 44 Hodgkin lymphomas, 110 benign lymph nodes, 27 lymph nodes with metastasis, and 20 extranodal tissue samples. MCPyV DNA was detected by quantitative PCR in 13 (6.6%) of 196 lymphomas, including 5 (20.8%) of 24 chronic lymphocytic leukemia specimens, and in 11 (10%) of 110 benign lymph nodes, including 8 (13.1%) of 61 samples of re ...[more]