"Polyomavirus Infections" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Infections with POLYOMAVIRUS, which are often cultured from the urine of kidney transplant patients. Excretion of BK VIRUS is associated with ureteral strictures and CYSTITIS, and that of JC VIRUS with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL).
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D027601
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C02.256.721
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Polyomavirus Infections" by people in Profiles.
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Consensus Definitions of BK Polyomavirus Nephropathy in Renal Transplant Recipients for Clinical Trials. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 09 30; 75(7):1210-1216.
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JC Virus Granule Cell Neuronopathy as AIDS-Presenting Illness. Can J Neurol Sci. 2018 07; 45(4):466-469.
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A Difficult Decision: Atypical JC Polyomavirus Encephalopathy in a Kidney Transplant Recipient. Transplantation. 2017 06; 101(6):1461-1467.
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Lack of Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I Upregulation and Restrictive Infection by JC Virus Hamper Detection of Neurons by T Lymphocytes in the Central Nervous System. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2015 Aug; 74(8):791-803.
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Novel syndromes associated with JC virus infection of neurons and meningeal cells: no longer a gray area. Curr Opin Neurol. 2015 Jun; 28(3):288-94.
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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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BK polyomavirus reactivation after reduced-intensity double umbilical cord blood cell transplantation. Transpl Immunol. 2015 Mar; 32(2):116-20.
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JC virus reactivation during prolonged natalizumab monotherapy for multiple sclerosis. Ann Neurol. 2014 Jun; 75(6):925-34.
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Frequent infection of neurons by SV40 virus in SIV-infected macaque monkeys with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy and meningoencephalitis. Am J Pathol. 2013 Dec; 183(6):1910-1917.
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The Merkel cell polyomavirus and its involvement in Merkel cell carcinoma. Dermatol Surg. 2013 Feb; 39(2):232-8.