A correlation study of BK Polyoma Virus infection and prostate Cancer among Sudanese patients - immunofluorescence and molecular based case-control study

Abstract Background Polyomavirus hominis1, also called BK virus (BKV) is a well-known etiological agent of renal transplant nephropathy and cystitis. Recently, it got great attention from the researcher as a principal predisposing factor for different kinds of cancers including prostate cancer (PCa)...

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Main Authors: Babbiker Mohammed Taher Gorish, Mohammed Elfatih Hussein Ournasseir, Iman Mohammed Shammat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-09-01
Series:Infectious Agents and Cancer
Subjects:
BKV
PCR
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13027-019-0244-7