Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Lymphotropism of Merkel Cell Polyomavirus Infection, Nova Scotia, Canada

Sonia Toracchio, Annette Foyle, Vojtech Sroller¹, Jon A. Reed, Jun Wu, Claudia A. Kozinetz, and Janet S. Butel

Author affiliations: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA (S. Toracchio, V. Sroller, J.A. Reed, C.A. Kozinez, J.S. Butel); Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (A. Foyle); Queen Elizabeth II Health Science Center, Halifax (A. Foyle); and Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (J. Wu); 1Current affiliation: Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic

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Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV) large T-antigen (T-ag) expression in human tissues. A) Merkel cell carcinoma stained with CM2B4 antibody as a positive control; MCPyV T-ag was detected. B) Expression of MCPyV T-ag in small lymphocytes in an MCPyV DNA–positive angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, stained with CM2B4. C) MCPyV DNA–positive reactive lymphoid hyperplasia sample reacted with CM2B4; no T-ag was detected. D) MCPyV DNA-negative chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma sampl

Figure. Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV) large T-antigen (T-ag) expression in human tissues. A) Merkel cell carcinoma stained with CM2B4 antibody as a positive control; MCPyV T-ag was detected. B) Expression of MCPyV T-ag in small lymphocytes in an MCPyV DNA–positive angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, stained with CM2B4. C) MCPyV DNA–positive reactive lymphoid hyperplasia sample reacted with CM2B4; no T-ag was detected. D) MCPyV DNA-negative chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma sample stained with CM2B4; no T-ag was detected. Original magnification ×40.

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