BK virus characterisation among HIV-1-Infected individuals and its association with immunosuppression

Conclusion: There was a higher frequency of BK viruria in HIV-1-infected individuals than among healthy controls and the positivity correlated with the degree of immunosuppression. There was no association of high VL with NCCR rearrangements in urine.

Source: Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology - August 7, 2018 Category: Microbiology Authors: Subha Jagannath Jaiprasath Sachithanandham Veena V Ramalingam John Paul Demosthenes Asha M Abraham Anand Zachariah George M Varghese Rajesh Kannangai Source Type: research