Relation of JC virus DNA in the cerebrospinal fluid to survival in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patients with biopsy-proven progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

Constantin T. Yiannoutsos; Eugene O. Major; Blanche Curfman; Peter N. Jensen; Maneth Gravell; Jean Hou; David B. Clifford; Colin D. Hall

doi:10.1002/1531-8249(199906)45:6<816::AID-ANA21>3.0.CO;2-W

Relation of JC virus DNA in the cerebrospinal fluid to survival in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patients with biopsy-proven progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

Constantin T. Yiannoutsos, Eugene O. Major, Blanche Curfman, Peter N. Jensen, Maneth Gravell, Jean Hou, David B. Clifford, Colin D. Hall

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The detection and semiquantitation of JC virus (JCV) DNA in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is prognostic of survival and is a marker of the course of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML). CSF samples from 15 acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients with biopsy-proven PML were analyzed by semiquantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR). A low JCV burden was predictive of longer survival compared with a high JCV burden (median survival from entry, 24 [2-63] vs 7.6 [4-17] weeks). Further analyses indicated a possible threshold of 50 to 100 copies/μl separating high- and moderate-risk cases. Patients with a JCV load below this level survived longer than those with a JCV load above it.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	816-820
Number of pages	5
Journal	Annals of neurology
Volume	45
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/1531-8249(199906)45:6<816::AID-ANA21>3.0.CO;2-W
State	Published - 1999

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Yiannoutsos, C. T., Major, E. O., Curfman, B., Jensen, P. N., Gravell, M., Hou, J., Clifford, D. B., & Hall, C. D. (1999). Relation of JC virus DNA in the cerebrospinal fluid to survival in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patients with biopsy-proven progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. Annals of neurology, 45(6), 816-820. https://doi.org/10.1002/1531-8249(199906)45:6<816::AID-ANA21>3.0.CO;2-W

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Relation of JC virus DNA in the cerebrospinal fluid to survival in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patients with biopsy-proven progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. / Yiannoutsos, Constantin T.; Major, Eugene O.; Curfman, Blanche et al.
In: Annals of neurology, Vol. 45, No. 6, 1999, p. 816-820.

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Relation of JC virus DNA in the cerebrospinal fluid to survival in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patients with biopsy-proven progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

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