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Identification of archetype and rearranged forms of BK virus in leukocytes from healthy individuals.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Mar 2000
Chatterjee M, Weyandt T B, Frisque R J
Abstract excerpt
BK virus (BKV) establishes a persistent, asymptomatic infection in more than 80% of the human population, and in immunocompromised individuals BKV causes acute urinary tract infections. Two forms of BKV, archetype and rearranged, have been recovered previously from urine samples. The rearranged form is believed to have emerged from the archetype form by the deletion and duplication of sequences within the...
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