Quantification of BKV in urine and plasma in renal transplant recipients at PVAN (Polyomavirus-associated nephropathy) risk

<strong>Background</strong>. BKV infection usually occurs in early childhood through the respiratory tract.The virus persists in a latent form in the kidney and it could be reactivated under favorable condition.The most important clinical manifestations affect kidney transplanted in whic...

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Main Authors: Elio De Nisco, Pia Carmen Melillo, Angelo Santopietro, Maria Landi, Raffaele Ariola, Franca Romeo, Anna Todisco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2013-08-01
Series:Microbiologia Medica
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Online Access:http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/mm/article/view/2252