Polycystic Kidney Disease: An Unrecognized Emerging Infectious Disease?

Polycystic Kidney Disease: An Unrecognized Emerging Infectious Disease?

Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is one of the most common genetic diseases in humans. We contend that it may be an emerging infectious disease and/or microbial toxicosis in a vulnerable human subpopulation. Use of a differential activation protocol for the Limulus amebocyte lysate (LAL) assay showed...

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Main Authors: Marcia A. Miller-Hjelle, J. Thomas Hjelle, Monica Jones, William R. Mayberry, Mary Ann Dombrink-Kurtzman, Stephen W. Peterson, Deborah M. Nowak, Frank S. Darras
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1997-06-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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United States
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/3/2/97-0204_article

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