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Confounding Virus in Mouse Facilities
Author(s) -
Dangi Anil,
Luo Xunrong
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
american journal of transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1600-6143
pISSN - 1600-6135
DOI - 10.1111/ajt.15694
Subject(s) - parvovirus , kidney , medicine , nephropathy , transplantation , parvoviridae , bk virus , kidney transplantation , immunology , pathology , minute virus of mice , kidney disease , biology , virology , virus , endocrinology , diabetes mellitus
A new member of the Parvoviridae genus causes kidney pathology in immunosuppressed mice resembling BK virus in humans, is transmitted horizontally, and needs to be screened for to prevent confounding results in murine models of kidney transplantation.