BK virus

English

Etymology

From the initials B.K., pertaining to a renal transplant patient whose urine the virus was first isolated from in 1971.

Noun

BK virus (plural BK viruses)

1. A virus very similar to JC virus, ubiquitous and rarely causing disease in healthy people but creating urogenital problems in the immunosuppressed.

Synonyms

• BKV (abbreviation)
• BK polyomavirus, BKPyV