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Transplantation Reports, 2018 Introduction: The diagnosis of BK virus nephropathy is based on renal biopsy findings, and the diagnosis of presumptive BK virus nephropathy is made by sustained plasma BK virus DNA loads of > 4 log10 copies/ml.
Junji Uchida +11 more
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BK Virus-Associated Nephropathy after Renal Transplantation
Pathogens, 2021 Recent advances in immunosuppressive therapy have reduced the incidence of acute rejection and improved renal transplantation outcomes. Meanwhile, nephropathy caused by BK virus has become an important cause of acute or chronic graft dysfunction.
Yasuhito Funahashi
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Frontiers in Immunology, 2015 In renal transplantation, BK-virus-associated nephropathy has emerged as a major complication, with a prevalence of 5–10% and graft loss in >50% of cases. BK-virus is a member of the Polyomavirus family and rarely induces apparent clinical disease in the
manon edekeyser +3 more
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BK Virus in Kidney Transplant Recipients: The Influence of Immunosuppression [PDF]
Journal of Transplantation, 2011 The incidence of BK virus infection in kidney transplant recipients has increased over recent decades, coincident with the use of more potent immunosuppression.
Katherine A. Barraclough +3 more
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BK Virus in Cancer Development [PDF]
Current Issues in Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, 2018 Abstract Polyomavirus (PyV) was discovered by accident in 1950 in the course of describing an infectious factor causing multiple tumours in rodents. The term is derived from two Greek words: poly (many) and oma (tumour). At present the family of human polyomaviruses (HPyV) consists of 10 members.
Pasternak Justyna +2 more
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European Journal of Cancer Prevention, 2006 As part of an epidemiological study of cancer in Uganda, we investigated the titre of antibodies against BK virus among 821 people with different cancer types and benign tumours. Among study participants, 790 were considered seropositive for anti-BK virus antibodies and all analyses were conducted on transformed data.
Robert Newton +14 more
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BK virus nephropathy in a heart transplant recipient
Brazilian Journal of Nephrology, 2021 BK virus nephropathy in kidney transplantation is widely recognized as an important cause of graft dysfunction and loss. In the case of transplants of organs other than kidney, BK virus nephropathy in native kidneys has been recognized as a cause of ...
John Fredy Nieto-Ríos +6 more
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Polyoma BK Virus: An Oncogenic Virus? [PDF]
Case Reports in Nephrology, 2013 We report a case of a 65-year-old gentleman with a history of end stage renal disease who underwent a successful cadaveric donor kidney transplant four years ago. He subsequently developed BK virus nephropathy related to chronic immunosuppressant therapy. Three years later, misfortune struck again, and he developed adenocarcinoma of the bladder.
Syed Hassan +3 more
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Hematology Reports, 2017 BK virus is a human polyoma virus. It is acquired in early childhood and remains life-long latent in the genitourinary system. BK virus replication is more common in receiving immunosuppressive therapy receiving patients and transplant patients. BK virus
Duygu Mert +7 more
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Incidence of BK Virus Nephropathy (BKVN) in Renal Transplant Recipients
International Journal of Organ Transplantation Medicine, 2012 Background: BK virus nephropathy (BKVN) is one of the complications of renal transplantation that causes graft loss in renal transplant recipients.Objective: To determine the incidence of BKVN after renal transplantation in Hasheminejad Hospital, Tehran,
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