Genotyping of adenoviruses isolated in an outbreak in a bone marrow transplant unit shows that diverse strains are involved

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 71-74

  Venard, V ^a   Carret, A S ^b   Corsaro, D ^a   Bordigoni, P ^b   Le Faou, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; Immunosuppressed patients; Infection; Pairwise comigrating restriction fragments (PCRF); Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP)

Indexed keywords

DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; VIDARABINE;

ADENOVIRUS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0033967124     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhin.1999.0656     Document Type: Article

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