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Low prevalence of Merkel cell polyomavirus in human epithelial thymic tumors

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The etiology of thymic epithelial tumors is unknown. Murine polyomavirus strain PTA has been shown to induce thymomas in mice. Recently, using diverse molecular techniques, we reported the presence of… Click to show full abstract

The etiology of thymic epithelial tumors is unknown. Murine polyomavirus strain PTA has been shown to induce thymomas in mice. Recently, using diverse molecular techniques, we reported the presence of human polyomavirus 7 (HPyV7) in thymic epithelial tumors. In the present study, we investigated the prevalence of Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV) in thymic epithelial tumors.

Keywords: merkel cell; prevalence merkel; cell polyomavirus; polyomavirus

Journal Title: Thoracic Cancer
Year Published: 2019

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