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Polyomavirus BK Replication Dynamics In Vivo and In Silico to Predict Cytopathology and Viral Clearance in Kidney Transplants
25 Sept 2008
Abstract excerpt
Fast BK virus (BKV) replication in renal tubular epithelial cells drives polyomavirus-BK-associated nephropathy (PVAN) to premature kidney transplant (KT) failure. BKV also replicates in urothelial cells, but remains asymptomatic in two-thirds of affected KT patients. Comparing 518 day-matched plasma-urine samples from 223 KT patients, BKV loads were approximately 3000-fold higher in urine than in plasma (p <...
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