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Recombined sequences between the non-coding control regions of JC and BK viruses found in the urine of a renal transplantation patient.
Virus genes - 1 Dec 2012
Liaw Yu-Ching, Chen Cheng-Hsu, Shu Kuo-Hsiung, Fang Chiung-Yao, Ou Wei-Chih, Chen Pei-Lain, Shen Cheng-Huang, Lin Mien-Chun, Chang Deching, Wang Meilin
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Kidney cells are the common host for JC virus (JCV) and BK virus (BKV). Reactivation of JCV and/or BKV in patients after organ transplantation, such as renal transplantation, may cause hemorrhagic cystitis and polyomavirus-associated nephropathy. Furthermore, JCV and BKV may be shed in the urine...
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