Quantitative detection of BK virus in kidney transplant recipients: a prospective validation study

Quantitative detection of BK virus in kidney transplant recipients: a prospective validation study

Abstract Introduction: BK virus (BKV) infection in renal transplant patients may cause kidney allograft dysfunction and graft loss. Accurate determination of BKV viral load is critical to prevent BKV-associated nephropathy (BKVAN) but the cut-off that best predicts BKVAN remains controversial. Obj...

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Main Authors: Gabriel Godinho Pinto, José Antonio Tesser Poloni, Diego D'Avila Paskulin, Fabio Spuldaro, Fernanda de Paris, Afonso Luís Barth, Roberto Ceratti Manfro, Elizete Keitel, Alessandro C. Pasqualotto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Nefrologia 2018-04-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Nephrology
Subjects:
Kidney Transplantation
Viremia
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Polyomavirus
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