BK virus genotype variance and discordant BK viremia PCR assay results

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1112-1113

  Trofe Clark, J ^a,b   Sparkes, T ^a   Gentile, C ^a   Van Deerlin, V ^a   Sawinski, D ^b   Bloom, R D ^b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BK VIRUS; BK VIRUS INFECTION; BK VIRUS VIREMIA; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIREMIA; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS STRAIN;

BK VIRUS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VIREMIA;

EID: 84875755047     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.12169     Document Type: Letter

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