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noun
A human double-stranded DNA virus of the species JC polyomavirus, causing progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy and other diseases in immunodeficient patients.
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noun
Jamestown Canyon virus
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History
After the patient, John Cunningham, in whom ZuRhein and Chou identified this virus in 1965 by electron microscopy.
