polyomavirus: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As	polyoma virus • Polyomaviridae

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simian vacuolating virus 40

Diagram showing a microscope with a magnified view of a large, rod-shaped bacterium next to a much smaller, round virus particle.

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Topics

simian virus 40 JC virus virus bacteriophage coronavirus hantavirus papillomavirus retrovirus hepadnavirus herpesvirus filovirus bunyavirus adenovirus

Key People

Renato Dulbecco, 1966.

Renato Dulbecco

Italian-American virologist

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