Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseasesHumansFemaleColonic NeoplasmsAgedPolyomavirus
Human polyomavirus 6 differentially infects healthy and tumor tissue in the colon: A case report.
Maria Dolci, Fabio Frosio, Lucia Signorini, Alessio Soggiu, Gabriele Meroni, Evaldo Favi, Estefania Calvo Alvarez, Pasquale Ferrante, Serena Delbue
Published: 202610.1016/j.meegid.2025.105865
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Human polyomavirus 6 (HPyV6) is part of the human skin virome. Like other HPyVs, it encodes proteins with oncogenic properties. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A 73-year-old Italian female patient with stage II right-sided colon adenocarcinoma u…
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