Transmission of donor Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in transplanted organs causes lymphoproliferative disease in EBV-seronegative recipients

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1169-1172

  Haque, T ^a   Thomas, J A ^a   Falk, K I ^b   Parratt, R ^c   Hunt, B J ^c   Yacoub, M ^c   Crawford, D H ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c HAREFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DNA SEQUENCE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MALE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TYPING;

DNA VIRUSES; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4;

EID: 0029884679     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-77-6-1169     Document Type: Article

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