"BK Virus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D001739
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B04.280.210.620.615.100 B04.613.204.670.615.100
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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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 2018 | 21 | 2 | 23 |
| 2019 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "BK Virus" by people in Profiles.
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Resurgence of BK virus following Covid-19 in kidney transplant recipients. Transpl Infect Dis. 2021 Feb; 23(1):e13465.
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Incidental COVID-19 in a heart-kidney transplant recipient with malnutrition and recurrent infections: Implications for the SARS-CoV-2 immune response. Transpl Infect Dis. 2020 Dec; 22(6):e13367.
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Identifying a Kidney Transplant Recipient COVID Phenotype to Aid Test Utilization in the Setting of Limited Testing Availability-Does One Exist? Transplant Proc. 2020 Nov; 52(9):2584-2591.
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Letter to the Editor concerning "Cytomegalovirus prevention strategies and the risk of BK polyomavirus viremia and nephropathy". Am J Transplant. 2019 12; 19(12):3438-3439.
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Pre-Transplantation Assessment of BK Virus Serostatus: Significance, Current Methods, and Obstacles. Viruses. 2019 10 14; 11(10).
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Screening for BK polyomavirus DNAemia: What should be done? Clin Transplant. 2019 10; 33(10):e13672.
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Measurement of BK-polyomavirus Non-Coding Control Region Driven Transcriptional Activity Via Flow Cytometry. J Vis Exp. 2019 07 13; (149).
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Epidemiology of and Risk Factors for BK Polyomavirus Replication and Nephropathy in Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients: An International CERTAIN Registry Study. Transplantation. 2019 06; 103(6):1224-1233.
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Torquetenovirus viremia for early prediction of graft rejection after kidney transplantation. J Infect. 2019 07; 79(1):56-60.
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BKV Clearance Time Correlates With Exhaustion State and T-Cell Receptor Repertoire Shape of BKV-Specific T-Cells in Renal Transplant Patients. Front Immunol. 2019; 10:767.