Pretransplantation assessment of BK virus seropositivity in kidney donors and recipients

• Published in: Advances in Biomedical and Health Sciences Vol. 3; no. 4; pp. 165 - 169
• Main Authors: Nair, Aswathi M., Arun, B., Aziz, Feroz, Vishwanath, Vipin, Deepak, K. S., Anagha, K., Santheep, S., Kamalam, S. Gladies
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: India Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 01.10.2024; Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd; Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
• Edition: 2
• Subjects: Analysis; bk virus; bk virus nephropathy; donor negative recipient negative; donor positive recipient positive; Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; Immunoglobulin G; Kidney diseases; Kidneys; Organ transplant recipients; Original Article; polyoma virus-associated nephropathy; Risk factors; Transplantation; India; donor negative recipient negative; polyoma virus-associated nephropathy; immunoglobulin G; donor positive recipient positive; enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; BK virus; BK virus nephropathy

Background: BK virus (BKV) is a member of the polyomavirus family. The determination of anti-BKV immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibody levels in kidney donors and recipients has been reported as a possible predictor of the risk of BK nephropathy. Allograft dysfunction is a significant risk factor. The mai...