Virus
polyomavirus hominis 2
Subclass of:
Polyomavirus
Definitions related to jc virus:
  • A species of POLYOMAVIRUS, originally isolated from the brain of a patient with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. The patient's initials J.C. gave the virus its name. Infection is not accompanied by any apparent illness but serious demyelinating disease can appear later, probably following reactivation of latent virus.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Any viral organism that can be assigned to the species JC polyomavirus.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • One of two polyomaviruses found in humans. JC virus can infect the respiratory system, kidneys, or brain, sometimes causing the fatal progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in the latter case. It is very widespread with approximately 80 percent of the adult population in the United States having antibodies to and JC. (from WordIQ.com)
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (polyomavirus hominis 2) Isolated from brain of patient with progressive multifocal leucoencephalopathy; antibodies found in man, suggesting it is a common infection; experimentally virus is highly oncogenic in new-born hamsters.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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