"BK Virus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A species of POLYOMAVIRUS apparently infecting over 90% of children but not clearly associated with any clinical illness in childhood. The virus remains latent in the body throughout life and can be reactivated under certain circumstances.
| Descriptor ID |
D001739
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B04.280.210.620.615.100 B04.613.204.670.615.100
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| Concept/Terms |
BK Virus- BK Virus
- Polyomavirus, BK
- Polyomavirus hominis 1
- BK polyomavirus
- Human Polyomavirus BK
- Polyomavirus BK, Human
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "BK Virus" by people in Profiles.
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Posoleucel in Kidney Transplant Recipients with BK Viremia: Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase 2 Trial. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2024 May 01; 35(5):618-629.
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Assessment of the cytolytic potential of a multivirus-targeted T cell therapy using a vital dye-based, flow cytometric assay. Front Immunol. 2023; 14:1299512.
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Native BK Polyomavirus Nephropathy in an Orthotopic Heart Transplant Patient. J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep. 2023 Jan-Dec; 11:23247096231184770.
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BK Virus Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Clinical Outcomes: An Analysis of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Patients at Texas Children's Hospital. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2021 Apr 30; 10(4):492-501.
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Development and validation of a risk assessment tool for BKPyV Replication in allogeneic stem cell transplant recipients. Transpl Infect Dis. 2020 Oct; 22(5):e13395.
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Prospective Analysis of Hemorrhagic Cystitis and BK Viremia in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Turk J Haematol. 2020 08 28; 37(3):186-192.
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HLA-G 3' untranslated region gene variants are promising prognostic factors for BK polyomavirus replication and acute rejection after living-donor kidney transplant. Hum Immunol. 2020 Apr; 81(4):141-146.
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Ciprofloxacin for BK viremia prophylaxis in kidney transplant recipients: Results of a prospective, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Am J Transplant. 2019 06; 19(6):1831-1837.
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Allogeneic BK Virus-Specific T Cells for PML. N Engl J Med. 2019 01 03; 380(1):106.
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Allogeneic BK Virus-Specific T Cells for Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy. N Engl J Med. 2018 10 11; 379(15):1443-1451.