Human Merkel cell polyomavirus infection
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Yanis L. Tolstov; Diana V. Pastrana; Huichen Feng; Jürgen C. Becker; Frank J. Je
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Article
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2009
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John Wiley and Sons
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French
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## Abstract Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCV) is a newly‐discovered human tumor virus found in ∼80% of Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC). The rate of MCV infection among persons without MCC is unknown. We developed a MCV virus‐like particle (VLP) enzyme‐linked immunoassay (EIA) that does not cross‐react wit