Other etiological factors include immune suppression, organ transplantation, and polyoma virus infection.
Eric P. Arruda, Kevin M. Higgins 2012, 'Role of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in the Management of Merkel Cell Carcinoma', Journal of Skin Cancerhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/176173. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The biochemistry and biology of polyoma and papillomavirus assembly described here illustrates many of these specific issues.
Robert L. Garcea 2008, 'Biologic Constraints on Modelling Virus Assembly', Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicinehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17486700802168007. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Predisposing factors for its development are age, immunosuppression, ultraviolet light exposure, and exposure to the polyoma virus.
Dražan Butorac, Ivka Djaković, Ivan Kruljac, Krunoslav Kuna 2016, 'Vulvar Merkel Cell Carcinoma – Case Report', Endocrine Oncology and Metabolismhttp://eom.hdeo.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/vol2-iss2-8Butorac.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Our study suggests that polyoma virus should be considered as a cause of nephropathy in renal transplant recipients.
Nagwa F Abdelsalam, Doaa I Hashad, Mona A Salem, Hala S El-Wakil, Ahmed G Adam 2014, 'Occurrence of the polyomavirus among kidney transplant recipients: A single-centerstudy', Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantationhttp://www.sjkdt.org/article.asp?issn=1319-2442;year=2014;volume=25;issue=2;spage=285;epage=293;aulast=Abdelsalam. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)