Establishing an innovative class of polyomavirus antivirals spanning BK and JC virus indications CANTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS ...

This page lists all known medications that could potentially lead to 'Polyomavirus infections' as a side effect. It's important to note that mild side effects are quite common with medications. The ...

While uncommon, BK polyomavirus-associated nephropathy is associated with a "substantial" risk of graft loss in kidney transplant recipients. BK polyomavirus-associated nephropathy may increase the ...

A benign virus normally found in the skin can lead to a type of rare, lethal skin cancer. Specifically, infection by the Merkel cell polyomavirus can lead to Merkel cell carcinoma in ...

It has recently been shown that Merkel cell carcinoma, a rare and often lethal cutaneous malignancy, frequently harbors a novel clonally integrated polyomavirus aptly named Merkel cell polyomavirus.

What diagnostic procedures should be done on follow-up of a patient who lost renal function after a verified polyomavirus infection in a renal graft, and when should these procedures be performed? Is ...

The Merkel cell polyomavirus is the only human polyomavirus known to be associated with a rare skin cancer, known as Merkel cell carcinoma, according to a new study. The Merkel cell polyomavirus ...

The BK polyomavirus exhibits tropism for the renal tubular epithelium, where it establishes latent infection. Vigorous immunosuppression of renal allograft recipients can lead to reactivation of the ...

From July 2001 to April 2004, we used leflunomide as the initial antiviral therapy in 17 patients with biopsy-proven BK nephropathy. All but one of these patients was receiving tacrolimus, prednisone, ...

BK polyomavirus is a major source of kidney damage and rejection in transplant recipients. But a novel way has been found to decrease BK polyomavirus levels in transplant patients without decreasing ...

Nephropathy associated with the polyomavirus type BK (BKV) nephropathy has emerged as a cause of allograft failure linked to immunosuppressive regimens containing tacrolimus or mycophenolate mofetil.