Human herpesviruses 6 and 7 as potential pathogens after liver transplant: Prospective comparison with the effect of cytomegalovirus

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 496-501

  Griffiths, Paul D ^a   Ait Khaled, Mounir ^a   Bearcroft, Charlotte P ^a   Clark, Duncan A ^a   Quaglia, Alberto ^a   Davies, Susan E ^a   Burroughs, Andrew K ^a   Rolles, Keith ^a   Kidd, I Michael ^a   Knight, Sophia N ^a   Noibi, Shanita M ^a   Cope, Alethea V ^a   Phillips, Andrew N ^a   Emery, Vincent C ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus; Human herpesvirus 6; Human herpesvirus 7

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 7; INFECTION RISK; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 7, HUMAN; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 0032744546     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199912)59:4<496::AID-JMV12>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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