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The African variant of BKV in a Turkish renal transplant patient.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Jun 2014
Colakoglu Sule, Dursun Hasan, Cengiz Nurcan, Bulat Meryem Cosar, Noyan Aytul
Abstract excerpt
In renal transplant recipients, BK polyomavirus (BKV) is linked to nephropathy. BK virus genotypes have a strong geographic component. This paper presents the African variant of BKV in a Turkish renal transplant patient, which is a rare cause of infection in the Northern Hemisphere and, to our knowledge, the first case from Turkey.
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