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Descriptor English: Polyomavirus Infections
Descriptor Spanish: Infecciones por Polyomavirus
Descriptor infecciones por Polyomavirus
Scope note: Infecciones producidas por POLYOMAVIRUS, que a menudo se cultivan en la orina de pacientes que han recibido un trasplante renal. La eliminación del VIRUS BK se asocia a estrechamiento ureteral y CISTITITS, y la del VIRUS JC se asocia a LEUCOENCEFALOPATÍA MULTIFOCAL PROGRESIVA.
Descriptor Portuguese: Infecções por Polyomavirus
Descriptor French: Infections à polyomavirus
Entry term(s): Polyomavirus Infection
Tree number(s): C01.925.256.721
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D027601
Scope note: Infections with POLYOMAVIRUS, which are often cultured from the urine of kidney transplant patients. Excretion of BK VIRUS is associated with ureteral strictures and CYSTITIS, and that of JC VIRUS with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL).
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
TM transmission
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: DNA Virus Infections (1992-2001)
Public MeSH Note: 2002
History Note: 2002
Entry Version: POLYOMAVIRUS INFECT
DeCS ID: 35998
Unique ID: D027601
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Date Established: 2002/01/01
Date of Entry: 2001/07/25
Revision Date: 2006/07/05
Polyomavirus Infections - Preferred
Concept UI M0380372
Scope note Infections with POLYOMAVIRUS, which are often cultured from the urine of kidney transplant patients. Excretion of BK VIRUS is associated with ureteral strictures and CYSTITIS, and that of JC VIRUS with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL).
Preferred term Polyomavirus Infections
Entry term(s) Polyomavirus Infection



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