History
| BK virus | |
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| Classification and external resources | |
Micrograph showing a polyomavirus infected cell — large (blue) cell below-center-left. Urine cytology specimen. |
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| MeSH | D027601 |
The BK virus was first isolated in 1971 from the urine of a renal transplant patient, initials B.K. The BK virus is similar to another virus called the JCV since their genomes share 75% sequence similarity. Both of these viruses can be identified and differentiated from each other by carrying out serological tests using specific antibodies or by using a PCR based genotyping approach.
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