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Identification of a genomic subgroup of BK polyomavirus spread in European populations.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Nov 2006
Ikegaya Hiroshi, Saukko Pekka J, Tertti Risto, Metsärinne Kaj P, Carr Michael J, Crowley Brendan, Sakurada Koichi, Zheng Huai-Ying, Kitamura Tadaichi, Yogo Yoshiaki
Abstract excerpt
BK polyomavirus (BKV) is highly prevalent in the human population, infecting children without obvious symptoms and persisting in the kidney in a latent state. In immunosuppressed patients, BKV is reactivated and excreted in urine. BKV isolates worldwide are classified into four serologically distinct subtypes, I-IV, with subtype I being the most frequently detected. Furthermore, subtype I is subdivided into...
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