JC polyomavirus infection in candidates for kidney transplantation living in the Brazilian Amazon Region

JC polyomavirus infection in candidates for kidney transplantation living in the Brazilian Amazon Region

This study evaluated the relative occurrences of BK virus (BKV) and JC virus (JCV) infections in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Urine samples were analysed from CKD patients and from 99 patients without CKD as a control. A total of 100 urine samples were analysed from the experimental (...

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Main Authors: Fernando Assis Ferreira Melo, Ana Caroline Fonseca Bezerra, Bárbara Brasil Santana, Marluísa Oliveira Guimarães Ishak, Ricardo Ishak, Izaura Maria Vieira Cayres-Vallinoto, Antonio Carlos Rosário Vallinoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2013-04-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
polyomavirus infection
JCV
BKV
chronic renal disease
kidney transplant
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