BK Virus and Transplantation

Carla Prezioso; Valeria Pietropaolo

doi:10.3390/v13050733

BK Virus and Transplantation

Viruses. 2021 Apr 22;13(5):733. doi: 10.3390/v13050733.

Authors

Carla Prezioso^{1

2}, Valeria Pietropaolo¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, "Sapienza" University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.
² Microbiology of Chronic Neuro-Degenerative Pathologies, IRCSS San Raffaele Pisana, 00163 Rome, Italy.

Abstract

As guest editors, we are pleased to present this Special Issue on BK virus (BKV) and transplantation with the intention of exploring some aspects related to BKV-associated diseases in transplant recipients, since they are still unclear [...].

Publication types

Editorial
Introductory Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

BK Virus*
Disease Susceptibility
Humans
Kidney Transplantation / adverse effects
Kidney Transplantation / methods
Organ Transplantation / adverse effects*
Organ Transplantation / methods
Polyomavirus Infections / etiology*
Transplant Recipients
Tumor Virus Infections / etiology*