Molecular evidence of simian virus 40 infections in children

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 884-887

  Butel, Janet S ^a   Arrington, Amy S ^a   Wong, Connie ^a   Lednicky, John A ^a   Finegold, Milton J ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BK VIRUS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; VIRUS INFECTION;

NASA DISCIPLINE REGULATORY PHYSIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; WILMS TUMOR;

EID: 0032823477     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314915     Document Type: Article

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