 BK Virus
"BK Virus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A species of POLYOMAVIRUS apparently infecting over 90% of children but not clearly associated with any clinical illness in childhood. The virus remains latent in the body throughout life and can be reactivated under certain circumstances.
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D001739
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B04.280.640.615.100 B04.909.204.210.620.615.100 B04.909.574.204.670.615.100 B04.909.675.615.100
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| Concept/Terms |
BK Virus- BK Virus
- Polyomavirus, BK
- Polyomavirus hominis 1
- BK polyomavirus
- Human Polyomavirus BK
- Polyomavirus BK, Human
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "BK Virus" by people in Profiles.
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Hodowanec AC, Simon DM. BK virus screening and management practices among US renal transplant programs: a survey. Transpl Int. 2015 Nov; 28(11):1339-41.
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Satyanarayana G, Hammond SP, Broge TA, Mackenzie MR, Viscidi R, Politikos I, Koralnik IJ, Cutler CS, Ballen K, Boussiotis V, Marty FM, Tan CS. BK polyomavirus reactivation after reduced-intensity double umbilical cord blood cell transplantation. Transpl Immunol. 2015 Mar; 32(2):116-20.
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McDaid J, Farkash EA, Steele DJ, Martins PN, Kotton CN, Elias N, Ko DS, Colvin RB, Hertl M. Transitional cell carcinoma arising within a pediatric donor renal transplant in association with BK nephropathy. Transplantation. 2013 Mar 15; 95(5):e28-30.
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Cimbaluk D, Pitelka L, Kluskens L, Gattuso P. Update on human polyomavirus BK nephropathy. Diagn Cytopathol. 2009 Oct; 37(10):773-9.
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Chen Y, Trofe J, Gordon J, Autissier P, Woodle ES, Koralnik IJ. BKV and JCV large T antigen-specific CD8+ T cell response in HLA A*0201+ kidney transplant recipients with polyomavirus nephropathy and patients with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. J Clin Virol. 2008 Jun; 42(2):198-202.
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Lima MA, Marzocchetti A, Autissier P, Tompkins T, Chen Y, Gordon J, Clifford DB, Gandhi RT, Venna N, Berger JR, Koralnik IJ. Frequency and phenotype of JC virus-specific CD8+ T lymphocytes in the peripheral blood of patients with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. J Virol. 2007 Apr; 81(7):3361-8.
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Chen Y, Trofe J, Gordon J, Du Pasquier RA, Roy-Chaudhury P, Kuroda MJ, Woodle ES, Khalili K, Koralnik IJ. Interplay of cellular and humoral immune responses against BK virus in kidney transplant recipients with polyomavirus nephropathy. J Virol. 2006 Apr; 80(7):3495-505.
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Chen Y, Sharp PM, Fowkes M, Kocher O, Joseph JT, Koralnik IJ. Analysis of 15 novel full-length BK virus sequences from three individuals: evidence of a high intra-strain genetic diversity. J Gen Virol. 2004 Sep; 85(Pt 9):2651-2663.
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Barouch DH, Faquin WC, Chen Y, Koralnik IJ, Robbins GK, Davis BT. BK virus-associated hemorrhagic cystitis in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus-infected patient. Clin Infect Dis. 2002 Aug 01; 35(3):326-9.
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Kim JY, Koralnik IJ, LeFave M, Segal RA, Pfister LA, Pomeroy SL. Medulloblastomas and primitive neuroectodermal tumors rarely contain polyomavirus DNA sequences. Neuro Oncol. 2002 07; 4(3):165-70.
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