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BK virus

member of the polyomavirus family
Taxon taxon Q582873
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BK virus

Summary

BK virus is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,753 views/month, #1,498 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • BK virus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • BK virus is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • BK virus belongs to the parent taxon Polyomavirus[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, BK virus is BK polyomavirus[6].
  • BK virus's replaces is recorded as Q141438910[7].
  • BK virus's replaced by is recorded as Q24809460[8].

Body

Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, BK virus is BK polyomavirus[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Polyomavirus[5].

Identifiers

BK virus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 10629[9].

Why It Matters

BK virus ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,753 views/month, #1,498 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Replaced by → Q24809460
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1366]]: [[Q24809460]], разрешение перенаправления / resolving redirect [[Q141438886]] → [[Q24809460]] ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/KrBotResolvingRedirect/Q141438886_Q"
  2. 6d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Replaces → Q141438910
    Replaced by → Q24809460
    "/* wbsetreference-set:2| */ [[Property:P685]]: 10629, fix redirect [[Q13711410]] → [[Q12159796]] ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/2e0cbff657de|details]])"
  3. 13d ago · Brya · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ncbi taxonomy id → 10629
    Umls cui → —
    Catalogue of life id → —
    Instance of → taxon
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P225]]: BK polyomavirus"
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