BK virus
English edit
Etymology edit
From the initials B.K., pertaining to a renal transplant patient whose urine the virus was first isolated from in 1971.
Noun edit
BK virus (plural BK viruses)
- A virus very similar to JC virus, ubiquitous and rarely causing disease in healthy people but creating urogenital problems in the immunosuppressed.
Synonyms edit
- BKV (abbreviation)
- BK polyomavirus, BKPyV