Screening and Management Practices for Polyoma (BK) Viremia and Nephropathy in Kidney Transplant Recipients From the Lands Down Under: Addressing the Unknowns and Rationale for a Multicenter Clinical Trial

• Germaine Wong,
• Julie Marsh,
• Martin Howell,
• Wai H. Lim,
• Steve Chadban,
• Toby Coates,
• Carmel Hawley,
• Scott Campbell,
• Nicholas Larkins,
• Tom Snelling,
• Lachlan Allan,
• Armando Teixeira-Pinto,
• Donna Reidlinger,
• Kate Wyburn,
• Jonathan C. Craig

Affiliations

Germaine Wong

Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia; Centre for Kidney Research, Kids Research Institute, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, NSW, Australia; Centre for Transplant and Renal Research, Westmead Hospital, NSW, Australia; Correspondence: Germaine Wong, Centre for Kidney Research, Kids Research Institute, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia.

Julie Marsh

Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines andInfectious Diseases, Telethon Institute, West Perth, WA, Australia

Martin Howell

Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia; Centre for Kidney Research, Kids Research Institute, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, NSW, Australia

Wai H. Lim

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Internal Medicine, The University of Western Australia, WA, Australia

Steve Chadban

Department of Renal Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Charles Perkins Centre Kidney Node, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Toby Coates

Faculty of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Royal Adelaide Hospital Campus, SA, Australia

Carmel Hawley

The Australasian Kidney Trials Network, The University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia

Scott Campbell

The Australasian Kidney Trials Network, The University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia

Nicholas Larkins

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Paediatrics, University of Western Australia, WA, Australia

Tom Snelling

Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia

Lachlan Allan

Centre for Transplant and Renal Research, Westmead Hospital, NSW, Australia

Armando Teixeira-Pinto

Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia; Centre for Kidney Research, Kids Research Institute, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, NSW, Australia

Donna Reidlinger

The Australasian Kidney Trials Network, The University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia

Kate Wyburn

Department of Renal Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Charles Perkins Centre Kidney Node, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Jonathan C. Craig

College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, SA, Australia