BK Virus Characterisation among HIV-1-Infected Individuals and Its Association with Immunosuppression

Purpose: BK virus (BKV) is an opportunistic pathogen which causes significant morbidity and mortality in individuals who are immunodeficient. We aimed to quantitate and characterise BKV and to correlate with the degree of immunosuppression among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1-infected individu...

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Published in:	Indian journal of medical microbiology Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 172 - 177
Main Authors:	Jagannath, Subha, Sachithanandham, Jaiprasath, Ramalingam, Veena V., Demosthenes, John Paul, Abraham, Asha M., Zachariah, Anand, Varghese, George M., Kannangai, Rajesh
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	India Elsevier B.V 01-04-2018 Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd Elsevier Limited
Subjects:	Adult Antiretroviral agents Antiretroviral drugs Antiretroviral therapy Binding sites BK virus BK Virus - immunology BK Virus - pathogenicity CD4 antigen CD4 Lymphocyte Count CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes Correlation Deoxyribonucleic acid Disease DNA Female Genotype & phenotype Genotypes Genotyping HIV HIV Infections - immunology HIV-1 - immunology HIV-1 - pathogenicity Human immunodeficiency virus Humans Immunosuppression Infections Lymphocytes T Male Morbidity non-coding control region Opportunist infection Plasmids Polymerase chain reaction Polyomavirus Infections - immunology Studies Thermal cycling Urine Viral Load Viruria Viruses VP1 protein United States > US human immunodeficiency virus BK virus non-coding control region Antiretroviral therapy
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