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