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Phylogenetic analysis of polyomavirus BK sequences.
Journal of virology - 1 Sept 2006
Sharma Preety M, Gupta Gaurav, Vats Abhay, Shapiro Ron, Randhawa Parmjeet
Abstract excerpt
Polyomavirus BK (BKV) has emerged as an important pathogen in kidney transplant patients. Existing taxonomic classifications of BKV come from conventional DNA sequence alignments based on limited data derived from the VP1 gene. We have used a phylogenetic whole-genome approach to examine the pattern of diversity and evolutionary relationships between 45 BKV strains isolated from multiple clinical settings. This...
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