Nosocomial outbreak of parvovirus B19 infection in a renal transplant unit

Transplantation

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 59-64

  Lui, Sing Leung ^a   Luk, Wei Kwang ^b   Cheung, Chung Yan ^b   Chan, Tak Mao ^a   Lai, Kar Neng ^a   Peiris, J S Malik ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PARVOVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0035863249     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200101150-00010     Document Type: Article

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