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Polyomavirus BK with rearranged noncoding control region emerge in vivo in renal transplant patients and increase viral replication and cytopathology
17 Mar 2008
Abstract excerpt
Immunosuppression is required for BK viremia and polyomavirus BK-associated nephropathy (PVAN) in kidney transplants (KTs), but the role of viral determinants is unclear. We examined BKV noncoding control regions (NCCR), which coordinate viral gene expression and replication. In 286 day-matched plasma and urine samples from 129 KT patients with BKV viremia, including 70 with PVAN, the majority of viruses...
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