Prevalence and Viral Load Determination of BK Polyomavirus among Iranian Patients with Brain Tumors

• Main Authors: Saghar Saber Amoli (Author), Arqavan Zebardast (Author), Hossein Keyvani (Author), Yousef Yahyapour (Author), Seyed Mohammad Ghodsi (Author), Mahmood Maniati (Author), Farzin Sadeghi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Babol University of Medical Sciences, 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Due to persistent infections of human central nervous system (CNS), polyomaviruses have been identified as one of the risk factors for brain tumor development. Human BK virus is of significant interest due to its experimental neuro-oncogenic potential and the possible association with CNS...