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*This bad-boy is associated with failure of transplanted kidneys.<ref name=pmid216990>{{cite journal |author=Mackenzie EF, Poulding JM, Harrison PR, Amer B |title=Human polyoma virus (HPV)--a significant pathogen in renal transplantation |journal=Proc Eur Dial Transplant Assoc |volume=15 |issue= |pages=352–60 |year=1978 |pmid=216990 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | *This bad-boy is associated with failure of transplanted kidneys.<ref name=pmid216990>{{cite journal |author=Mackenzie EF, Poulding JM, Harrison PR, Amer B |title=Human polyoma virus (HPV)--a significant pathogen in renal transplantation |journal=Proc Eur Dial Transplant Assoc |volume=15 |issue= |pages=352–60 |year=1978 |pmid=216990 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
*Treatment: reduce immunosuppression.<ref name=Nickeleit>Nickeleit, Volker; Singh, Harsharan K. Polyomavirus Allograft Nephropathy: Clinico-Pathological Correlations. URL: [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=eurekah&part=A74503#A74539 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=eurekah&part=A74503#A74539]. Accessed on: 8 November 2010.</ref> | *Treatment: reduce immunosuppression.<ref name=Nickeleit>Nickeleit, Volker; Singh, Harsharan K. Polyomavirus Allograft Nephropathy: Clinico-Pathological Correlations. URL: [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=eurekah&part=A74503#A74539 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=eurekah&part=A74503#A74539]. Accessed on: 8 November 2010.</ref> | ||
*Implicated in [[urothelial carcinoma]] - esp. in renal transplant recipients.<ref name=pmid18971934>{{Cite journal | last1 = Roberts | first1 = IS. | last2 = Besarani | first2 = D. | last3 = Mason | first3 = P. | last4 = Turner | first4 = G. | last5 = Friend | first5 = PJ. | last6 = Newton | first6 = R. | title = Polyoma virus infection and urothelial carcinoma of the bladder following renal transplantation. | journal = Br J Cancer | volume = 99 | issue = 9 | pages = 1383-6 | month = Nov | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604711 | PMID = 18971934 }}</ref> | |||
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