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SUBMITTER: Church ME
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4778707 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Church M E ME Dela Cruz F N FN Estrada M M Leutenegger C M CM Pesavento P A PA Woolard K D KD
Virology 20160121
There is evidence that raccoon polyomavirus is causative for neuroglial brain tumors in the western United States. It is unknown if infection is limited to geographic locales where tumors have been reported or is widespread, like human polyomaviruses. We demonstrate raccoons in western, eastern and midwestern states have been exposed to RacPyV by detection of antibodies to capsid protein, VP1. While raccoons in eastern and midwestern states are seropositive, exposure is lower than in the western ...[more]