The Pacific lineage (2E) of JC polyomavirus is prevalent in Sumba Island, Eastern Indonesia

HIROSHI IKEGAYA; ZHONG SHAN; HANA SHIMIZU; MAKIKO SEKIYAMA; AUGUSTINUS SOEMANTRI; TAKAFUMI ISHIDA; MINATO NAKAZAWA; RYUTARO OHTSUKA; TOMOKAZU TAKASAKA; AYAKO SHIBUYA; TADAICHI KITAMURA; YOSHIAKI YOGO

doi:10.1537/ase.070529

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The Pacific lineage (2E) of JC polyomavirus is prevalent in Sumba Island, Eastern Indonesia

HIROSHI IKEGAYA, ZHONG SHAN, HANA SHIMIZU, MAKIKO SEKIYAMA, AUGUSTINUS SOEMANTRI, TAKAFUMI ISHIDA, MINATO NAKAZAWA, RYUTARO OHTSUKA, TOMOKAZU TAKASAKA, AYAKO SHIBUYA, TADAICHI KITAMURA, YOSHIAKI YOGO

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HIROSHI IKEGAYA
Department of Forensic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
ZHONG SHAN
Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
HANA SHIMIZU
Department of Human Ecology, School of International Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
MAKIKO SEKIYAMA
Transdisciplinary Initiative for Global Sustainability (TIGS), Integrated Research System for Sustainability Science (IR3S), The University of Tokyo
AUGUSTINUS SOEMANTRI
Faculty of Medicine, Diponegoro University
TAKAFUMI ISHIDA
Unit of Human Biology and Genetics, Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
MINATO NAKAZAWA
Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Socio-Environmental Medicine, Public Health Division
RYUTARO OHTSUKA
National Institute for Environmental Studies
TOMOKAZU TAKASAKA
Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
AYAKO SHIBUYA
Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
TADAICHI KITAMURA
Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
YOSHIAKI YOGO
Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo

Keywords: Eastern Indonesia, Sumba Island, JC virus lineages, Austronesian, human dispersal

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2008 Volume 116 Issue 2 Pages 183-186

DOI https://doi.org/10.1537/ase.070529

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Abstract

Recent studies have identified a Pacific lineage (2E) of JC polyomavirus (also designated as JC virus or JCV) that occurs in both Island Southeast Asia and Oceania, but not in mainland Asia. It has been postulated that this lineage traveled with Austronesian-speaking people who are now spread throughout Island Southeast Asia and Oceania (excluding Australia and inland and southern New Guinea). However, to date, the 2E lineage has been identified in Southeast Asia only in populations of the Philippine islands. Here we report that a high incidence of the 2E lineage was detected in the people of Sumba Island, eastern Indonesia.

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