BK Virus in Kidney Transplant Recipients: The Influence of Immunosuppression

The incidence of BK virus infection in kidney transplant recipients has increased over recent decades, coincident with the use of more potent immunosuppression. More importantly, posttransplant BK virus replication has emerged as an important cause of graft damage and subsequent graft loss. Immunosu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Barraclough, Katherine A., Isbel, Nicole M., Staatz, Christine E., Johnson, David W.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3134251/