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Claire Martel-Jantin1, Claudia Filippone, Patricia Tortevoye, Philippe V Afonso, Edouard Betsem, Stéphane Descorps-Declere, Jérôme T J Nicol, Antoine Touzé, Pierre Coursaget, Maryse Crouzat, Nicolas Berthet, Olivier Cassar, Antoine Gessain.
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Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV) is linked to a cutaneous cancer mainly occurring in Caucasians. DNA from skin swabs of 255 adults, originating from the 5 continents, were subjected to MCPyV PCRs. Phylogenetic analyses demonstrate the existence of 5 major geographically related MCPyV genotypes (Europe/North America, Africa [sub-Saharan], Oceania, South America, and Asia/Japan).Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24523477 PMCID: PMC3993677 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02348-13
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948