Transplantation: Polyomavirus Nephropathy and the Risk of Specific Immunosuppression Regimens

BK virus is ubiquitously present in the latent state in humans, and awareness of the importance of BK polyomavirus is emerging among the kidney transplant community. First discovered in 1971 in the urine of a renal transplant recipient, BK virus nephropathy (BKVN) has come to be recognized as a sig...

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Main Authors: Christine Wu, Parmjeet Randhawa, Jerry McCauley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2006-01-01
Series:The Scientific World Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2006.93
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