Immune response to BK virus reactivation in renal transplant recipients

BK virus, a virus of the polyomaviridae family, is a latent infection in up to 70% of the general population. However, it has been an emerging cause of renal allograft dysfunction in kidney transplant recipients. Existing research has elucidated the risk factors that may precipitate BK viremia and B...

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Main Author: Babwah, Amaara
Language:en_US
Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2144/16803