The Role of HLA and KIR Immunogenetics in BK Virus Infection after Kidney Transplantation

BK virus (BKV) is a polyomavirus with high seroprevalence in the general population with an unremarkable clinical presentation in healthy people, but a potential for causing serious complications in immunosuppressed transplanted patients. Reactivation or primary infection in kidney allograft recipie...

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Main Authors: Marija Burek Kamenaric, Vanja Ivkovic, Ivana Kovacevic Vojtusek, Renata Zunec
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-12-01
Series:Viruses
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/12/12/1417