"Polyomavirus Infections" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Infections with POLYOMAVIRUS, which are often cultured from the urine of kidney transplant patients. Excretion of BK VIRUS is associated with ureteral strictures and CYSTITIS, and that of JC VIRUS with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL).
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D027601
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C02.256.721
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| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Polyomavirus Infections" by people in Profiles.
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Ren HM, Kolawole EM, Ren M, Jin G, Netherby-Winslow CS, Wade Q, Rahman ZSM, Evavold BD, Lukacher AE. IL-21 from high-affinity CD4 T cells drives differentiation of brain-resident CD8 T cells during persistent viral infection. Sci Immunol. 2020 09 18; 5(51).
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Wu KN, McCue PA, Berger A, Spiegel JR, Wang ZX, Witkiewicz AK. Detection of Merkel cell carcinoma polyomavirus in mucosal Merkel cell carcinoma. Int J Surg Pathol. 2010 Oct; 18(5):342-6.
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Singh HK, Andreoni KA, Madden V, True K, Detwiler R, Weck K, Nickeleit V. Presence of urinary Haufen accurately predicts polyomavirus nephropathy. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2009 Feb; 20(2):416-27.