BK Virus Nephropathy Revisited
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[BK-virus-associated Nephropathy].
The infection by the BK Polyomavirus (BKV) is an emerging problem in kidney transplants that contributes to a chronic loss of kidney grafts, and in which immunosuppression plays a decisive role. Understanding its risk factors and strictly monitoring urine and serological markers of the infection could mitigate the undesirable effects of this disease. In this review, we investigate the clinical ...
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Polyomaviruses are mammalian (and a few avian) viruses, which appear to have coevolved with their hosts, leading to high prevalence, low morbidity, latent infections for the most part. The viruses generally have a restricted host range; 5 polyomaviruses are known to naturally infect humans (Table 1). Among them, BK virus is the most commonly encountered clinically, causing nephropathy, hemorrha...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Transplantation
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1600-6135
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.14358