| lymphotropism of merkel cell polyomavirus infection, nova scotia, canada. | to test the hypothesis that merkel cell polyomavirus (mcpyv) can infect cells of the lymphoid system, we analyzed 353 specimens, including 152 non-hodgkin lymphomas, 44 hodgkin lymphomas, 110 benign lymph nodes, 27 lymph nodes with metastasis, and 20 extranodal tissue samples. mcpyv dna was detected by quantitative pcr in 13 (6.6%) of 196 lymphomas, including 5 (20.8%) of 24 chronic lymphocytic leukemia specimens, and in 11 (10%) of 110 benign lymph nodes, including 8 (13.1%) of 61 samples of re ... | 2010 | 21029527 |