P BK viremia and nephropathy in pediatric renal transplant recipients

The BK virus is a member of the polyomavirus family. Past infection with the BK virus is widespread,^[1] but significant consequences of infection are uncommon, with the exception of the immunocompromised and the immunosuppressed. BK virus is an abbreviation of the name of the first patient whom the virus was isolated from in 1971(the patient was then 29 years old).