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Prevalence of cytomegalovirus and BK polyoma virus infection in post-renal transplant patients in a tertiary care centre in South India [PDF]

Journal of Nephropathology, 2017
Background: Viral infections are a significant cause of graft loss and dysfunction in kidney transplant recipients. Cytomegalovirus and BK polyomavirus have often been explained as the most common viral etiological agents.
Kevin Manuel, Marie Moses Ambroise, Renu G’Boy Varghese, Ilangovan Veerapan, Georgi Abraham   +4 more
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BK virus and cancer in Uganda

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, Tatiana Ribeiro, Eva Alvarez, John Ziegler, Delphine Casabonne, Lucy Carpenter, Valerie Beral, Edward Mbidde, Donald Maxwell Parkin, Henry Wabinga, Sam Mbulaiteye, Harold Jaffe, Antoine Touzé, Pierre Coursaget, Uganda Kaposiʼs   +14 more
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User privacy prevention model using supervised federated learning‐based block chain approach for internet of Medical Things

CAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract This research focuses on addressing the privacy issues in healthcare advancement monitoring with the rapid establishment of the decentralised communication system in the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT). An integrated blockchain homomorphic encryption standard with an in‐build supervised learning‐based smart contract is designed to improvise ...
Chandramohan Dhasarathan, Mohammad Kamrul Hasan, Shayla Islam, Salwani Abdullah, Shailesh Khapre, Dalbir Singh, Abdulaziz A. Alsulami, Ali Alqahtani   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Molecular Networks Involved in the Immune Control of BK Polyomavirus

Clinical and Developmental Immunology, 2012
BK polyomavirus infection is the important cause of virus-related nephropathy following kidney transplantation. BK virus reactivates in 30%–80% of kidney transplant recipients resulting in BK virus-related nephropathy in 1%–10% of cases.
Eva Girmanova, Irena Brabcova, Jiri Klema, Petra Hribova, Mariana Wohlfartova, Jelena Skibova, Ondrej Viklicky   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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, Zaid Alirhayim, Syed Ahmed, Syed Amer   +3 more
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Longitudinal viral kinetic study of BK virus in renal transplant patients - A single-center study in Sri Lanka

Journal of Clinical Virology Plus, 2022
Background: There is a strong association between high-level BK viraemia and the development of BK virus-associated nephropathy. Therefore, understanding the kinetics of BK virus replication following transplantation would be helpful in predicting high ...
K.D.S.T. Abeywardana, R.G.L.S. Rajamanthri, A.W.M. Wazil, N. Nanayakkara, M.A.R.V. Muthugala   +4 more
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Prevalence of anti-BK polyomavirus IgG in A Sample of Iraqi renal transplant recipients

Diyala Journal of Medicine, 2022
Background: BK virus, a human polyomavirus, causes nephropathy and allograft loss in renal transplant recipients. Although it was discovered in 1971, understanding of the humoral immune response to BKV is limited.
Ghufran Hammoodi Abed ,, Wisam Mahdi alsaeed ,, Mustafa Rasul Hussein ,, Asmaa Baqer Al-Obaidi ,, Ahmed Sattar Abood ,, Mohammad A.H. Al-Dabagh   +5 more
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Influenza Vaccination Responses in Disabled Stroke Patients: A Single‐Center Prospective Observational Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This study aimed to investigate the immunological response to influenza vaccination, the incidence and severity of influenza infection, and the side effects of the vaccination in patients with ischemic stroke. Methods This prospective observational study was conducted between 2023 and 2024 at Ramathibodi Hospital.
Achiraya Pakngao, Sureerat Suwatcharangoon, Pintip Ngamjanyapron, Kobporn Boonnak, Thanitta Suangtamai, Porpon Rotjanapan   +5 more
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Movement Disorders in Aicardi–Goutières Syndrome and Response to Immunomodulation

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study characterizes movement disorders and treatment responses in seven children with Aicardi–Goutières syndrome (AGS). We retrospectively evaluated motor phenotypes, neuroimaging, and interferon signatures in patients treated with baricitinib or anifrolumab. Spasticity affected all patients, while dystonia was present in 4/7.
Enrique Gonzalez Saez‐Diez, Monica Ferrer Socorro, Kathryn Yang, Nicole Battaglia, Zainab Zaman, Mariko Bennett, Adeline Vanderver, Pui Y. Lee, Lauren A. Henderson, Milena M. Andzelm, Darius Ebrahimi‐Fakhari   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

BK Virus-Associated Nephropathy without Viremia in an Adolescent Kidney Transplant Recipient

Siriraj Medical Journal, 2017
BK virus can reactivate in kidney transplant recipients leading to BK virus-associated nephropathy (BKVAN) and allograft dysfunction. Pathogenesis begins with viral replication, follows by viruria, viremia and nephropathy.
Kraisoon Lomjansook, M.D., Thanaporn Chaiyapak, M.D., Nitiampai Naruetook, M.D., Boonyarit Cheunsuchon, M.D., Achra Sumboonnanonda, M.D.   +4 more
doaj   +3 more sources