Polyomavirus Bk

HH Hirsch, J Steiger - The Lancet infectious diseases, 2003 - thelancet.com
Polyomavirus hominis 1, better known as BK virus (BKV), infects up to 90% of the general
population. However, significant clinical manifestations are rare and limited to individuals …

BK polyomavirus: clinical aspects, immune regulation, and emerging therapies

GR Ambalathingal, RS Francis, MJ Smyth… - Clinical microbiology …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
SUMMARY BK polyomavirus (BKV) causes frequent infections during childhood and
establishes persistent infections within renal tubular cells and the uroepithelium, with …

[BOOK][B] Medical microbiology

PR Murray, KS Rosenthal, MA Pfaller - 2015 - books.google.com
Turn to Medical Microbiology, 8th Edition for a thorough, clinically relevant understanding of
microbes and their diseases. This succinct, easy-to-use text presents the fundamentals of …

Guidelines for preventing infectious complications among hematopoietic cell transplant recipients: a global perspective

M Tomblyn, T Chiller, H Einsele, R Gress… - Bone marrow …, 2009 - nature.com
Guidelines for preventing infectious complications among hematopoietic cell transplant
recipients: a global perspective | Bone Marrow Transplantation Skip to main content Thank you …

[HTML][HTML] BK polyomavirus in solid organ transplantation

HH Hirsch, P Randhawa… - American journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
The human BK polyomavirus (BKV) is the major cause of polyomavirus-associated
nephropathy (PyVAN) putting 1–15% of kidney transplant patients at risk of premature …

Prevalence of polyomavirus BK and JC infection and replication in 400 healthy blood donors

A Egli, L Infanti, A Dumoulin, A Buser… - The Journal of …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Background The replication of BK virus (BKV) and JC virus (JCV) is linked to polyomavirus-
associated nephropathy, hemorrhagic cystitis, and multifocal leukoencephalopathy in …

Identification of a novel polyomavirus from patients with acute respiratory tract infections

AM Gaynor, MD Nissen, DM Whiley, IM Mackay… - PLoS …, 2007 - journals.plos.org
We report the identification of a novel polyomavirus present in respiratory secretions from
human patients with symptoms of acute respiratory tract infection. The virus was initially …

Population‐based study of antibody to the human polyomaviruses BKV and JCV and the simian polyomavirus SV40

WA Knowles, P Pipkin, N Andrews… - Journal of medical …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Molecular studies suggest that the simian polyomavirus SV40 is present in the human
population, possibly introduced in contaminated polio vaccine. However, no recent …

[HTML][HTML] Human polyomaviruses in disease and cancer

T Dalianis, HH Hirsch - Virology, 2013 - Elsevier
Today the human polyomavirus (HPyV) family consists of 10 members, BK virus (BKV) and
JC virus (JCV) isolated 40 years ago and the more recently identified KI virus (KIPyV), WU …

Human polyoma virus-associated interstitial nephritis in the allograft kidney1

PS Randhawa, S Finkelstein, V Scantlebury… - …, 1999 - journals.lww.com
Background. Asymptomatic polyoma virus infection documented by urine cytology or
serology is well known, but the clinical course of biopsy-proven interstitial nephritis is not …