Monitoring BK virus in kidney transplant patients
A new, benchtop molecular analyser allows renal transplant centres to monitor urine and serum BK viral loads in house, permitting earlier diagnosis and management of BK virus associated nephropathy (BKVAN) in renal transplant recipients. BK virus infectionNamed after the renal transplant patient (with initials B.K.) that it was first isolated from in 1971, BK virus […]
