Cytology of a polyomavirus infected cell, using Papanicolaou stain. The high nuclear to cytoplasmic ratio makes it resemble cancer (thus the name "decoy cell") but the inclusion body reveals its viral pathophysiology.
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The BK virus, also known as Human polyomavirus 1, is a member of the polyomavirus family. Past infection with the BK virus is widespread,[1] but significant consequences of infection are uncommon, with the exception of the immunocompromised and the immunosuppressed. BK virus is an abbreviation of the name of the first patient, from whom the virus was isolated in 1971 (the patient was then 29 years old).
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The BKvirus, also known as Human polyomavirus 1, is a member of the polyomavirus family. Past infection with the BKvirus is widespread, but significant...
(IATA airline code BK) BK channel, an ion channel characterized by its large conductance of potassium ions through cell membranes BKvirus, a member of the...
BKvirus), or, in the case of prions, the identity of the agent involved. Slow viruses cause a variety of diseases, including cancer. §JC virus & BK virus...
populations studied. BKvirus is associated with nephropathy in renal transplant and non-renal solid organ transplant patients, JC virus with progressive...
of the digestive tract. Various other waterborne diseases are caused by viruses. Yet other important classes of waterborne diseases are caused by metazoan...
infection) occurs when an organism's body is invaded by pathogenic viruses, and infectious virus particles (virions) attach to and enter susceptible cells. Examples...
Weaver, S. C. (2012). "A vaccine candidate for eastern equine encephalitis virus based on IRES-mediated attenuation". Vaccine. 30 (7): 1276–1282. doi:10...
T-cells. Immunosuppressive drug Discovery and development of mTOR inhibitors BKvirus Interleukin-2 immunotherapy B cell deficiency T cell deficiency Treatment...
announced it is launching a clinical trial for the treatment of PML utilizing BKvirus specific T-cells (VSTs). One-third to one-half of people with PML die in...
namely human papillomaviruses, BKvirus, JC virus, human cytomegalovirus, SV40, measles virus, and Torque teno virus – in lung cancer development has...
abundance of safer alternatives such as aciclovir. Cidofovir shows anti-BKvirus activity in a subgroup of transplant recipients. Cidofovir is being investigated...
transplants and is a risk factor for graft failure or acute rejection. BKvirus is now being increasingly recognised as a transplant risk factor which...
subpopulations in tissues using immunohistochemistry. Immunosuppression BKvirus Behcet's Disease Discovery and development of mTOR inhibitors Treatment...
patients will need to control their cholesterol through diet or both diet and medicine. BKvirus Epstein–Barr virus infection Glomerulosclerosis--WebMD...
acute viral hemorrhagic cystitis in children, though it can result from BKvirus as well. A chemical hemorrhagic cystitis can develop when vaginal products...
Human polyomavirus 2, commonly referred to as the JC virus or John Cunningham virus, is a type of human polyomavirus (formerly known as papovavirus). It...
suffers from severe rheumatoid arthritis and end-stage renal failure due to BKvirus nephropathy. Eve's academic work focuses on contemporary American and British...
C virus (HCV) is a small (55–65 nm in size), enveloped, positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus of the family Flaviviridae. The hepatitis C virus is...
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), also called human respiratory syncytial virus (hRSV) and human orthopneumovirus, is a contagious virus that causes infections...
disease, BKvirus and JC virus, as well as the simian polyomavirus SV40. Agnoprotein is typically quite short: examples from BKvirus, JC virus, and SV40...
Marburg virus (MARV) is a hemorrhagic fever virus of the Filoviridae family of viruses and a member of the species Marburg marburgvirus, genus Marburgvirus...
infections, including shingles, other herpes infections, cytomegalovirus, and BKvirus associated nephropathy. In addition the FDA is investigating[when?] 16...
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