Human herpesvirus 6 latently infects mononuclear cells but not liver tissue

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-67

  Yoshikawa, Tetsushi ^a   Suzuki, Kyoko ^a   Ihira, Masaru ^a   Furukawa, Hiroshi ^a   Suga, Sadao ^a   Iwasaki, Takuya ^b   Kurata, Takeshi ^b   Asonuma, Katsuhiro ^c   Tanaka, Koichi ^c   Asano, Yoshizo ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Human herpesvirus 6; Liver transplantation; Mononuclear cells; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

AVIDIN; BIOTIN;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LATENT VIRUS INFECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032897062     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.52.1.65     Document Type: Article

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