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ReviewInfectious diseases and therapy2025

JC Polyomavirus Infection: A Narrative Review.

Meital Elbaz, Dafna Yahav, Yair Mina, Alaa Atamna

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Review in Infectious diseases and therapy, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Meital ElbazInfectious Diseases Unit, Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel. meitalzuz@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6561-1174
Dafna YahavTel Aviv Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel.
Yair MinaTel Aviv Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel.
Alaa AtamnaTel Aviv Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a devastating and often fatal central nervous system infection caused by John Cunningham polyomavirus virus (JCPyV). PML results from JCPyV reactivation in the setting of impaired cellular immunity in patients with HIV, organ transplantation, severe inflammatory disease, and an increasing number of modern treatments for cancer and autoimmune diseases. The presence of clinical and imaging manifestations consistent with the diagnosis coupled with the demonstration of JCPyV by PCR in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) are considered diagnostic. Since there are no effective antiviral treatments available, restoring immune function is a key component in PML treatment. Novel immunotherapeutic approaches can ameliorate PML. Immunotherapeutic interventions, such as use of checkpoint inhibitors and viral specific T-cell, have shown promising results, but additional data are needed. In this review, we summarize the available data on risk factors for JCPyV neurological syndrome, clinical, laboratory, and radiological features, and propose an algorithm for management.

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JC polyomavirusPMLPolyoma viruses

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PMID40715945
PMCPMC12425872

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