BK Virus
"BK Virus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A species of POLYOMAVIRUS apparently infecting over 90% of children but not clearly associated with any clinical illness in childhood. The virus remains latent in the body throughout life and can be reactivated under certain circumstances.
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D001739
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MeSH Number(s) |
B04.280.640.615.100 B04.909.204.210.620.615.100 B04.909.574.204.670.615.100 B04.909.675.615.100
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Concept/Terms |
BK Virus- BK Virus
- Polyomavirus, BK
- Polyomavirus hominis 1
- BK polyomavirus
- Human Polyomavirus BK
- Polyomavirus BK, Human
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "BK Virus" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "BK Virus" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "BK Virus" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Anand M, Nysather J, McGraw G, Apewokin S, Khoury R, Grimley MS, Bumb S, Govil A. Viral specific T cell therapy in kidney transplant recipients - A single-center experience. Transpl Infect Dis. 2023 Dec; 25(6):e14179.
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Leeaphorn N, Thongprayoon C, Chon WJ, Cummings LS, Mao MA, Cheungpasitporn W. Outcomes of kidney retransplantation after graft loss as a result of BK virus nephropathy in the era of newer immunosuppressant agents. Am J Transplant. 2020 05; 20(5):1334-1340.
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Morace R, Kumar T, Tantisattamo E, Gibson J, Britton S, Li W, Kanaan HD, Cohn SR, Samarapungavan D, Zhang PL, Boyanton BL. Feasibility of BK Virus Real-Time PCR Testing in Renal Graft Biopsies With Negative SV40 Staining. Transplant Proc. 2017 Jul - Aug; 49(6):1294-1300.
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