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First confirmed case of native Polyomavirus BK nephropathy in a liver transplant recipient seven years post-transplant

open access: yesAnnals of Hepatology, 2015
Renal dysfunction frequently occurs in liver transplant recipients and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. BK virus is a human polyoma virus that reactivates during immunocompromised states and is a known cause of renal allograft ...
Yangmin Zeng   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Occurrence of BK Virus and Human Papilloma Virus in colorectal cancer [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Introduction and objective Colorectal cancer is one of the most common cancers worldwide. In Poland, it is the second most common cancer, regardless of gender.
Zając, Przemysław   +9 more
core   +2 more sources

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

open access: yesJournal 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   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

BK virus-associated nephropathy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
UVOD: Suvremena imunosupresivna terapija u bolesnika s transplantiranim bubregom temelji se na primjeni inhibitora kalcijneurina (ICN). U posljednjem desetljeću sve većom primjenom takrolimusa povećala se učestalost disfunkcije presatka uzrokovane BK ...
Rukavina, Ana
core   +1 more source

Molecular Networks Involved in the Immune Control of BK Polyomavirus

open access: yesClinical 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   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Longitudinal viral kinetic study of BK virus in renal transplant patients - A single-center study in Sri Lanka

open access: yesJournal 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   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Polyoma BK Virus: An Oncogenic Virus? [PDF]

open access: yesCase 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
openaire   +4 more sources

Prevalence of anti-BK polyomavirus IgG in A Sample of Iraqi renal transplant recipients

open access: yesDiyala 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 ,   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Influenza Vaccination Responses in Disabled Stroke Patients: A Single‐Center Prospective Observational Study

open access: yesAnnals 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   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

BK polyomavirus associated progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in a person living with HIV

open access: yesBrain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health, 2021
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a rare demyelinating disease of the white matter central nervous system occurring in immunocompromised patients particularly those with T cell deficiency such as in HIV, haematological and solid organ ...
Brendan O'Kelly   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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