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A rapid and efficient method BK polyomavirus genotyping by high-resolution melting analysis.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Dec 2011
Matsuda Yasuhiro, Qazi Yasir, Iwaki Yuichi
Abstract excerpt
A small percentage of renal patients become infected with the BK polyomavirus (BKV), a pathogenic virus that causes BKV-associated nephropathy (BKVN), after kidney transplantation. This study presents a simple, rapid, high-throughput method for BKV genotyping using high-resolution melt analysis (HRMA). Using this novel method, BKV genotypes were analyzed in 49 samples taken from BKV-positive renal transplantation...
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