Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in a liver transplant recipient and guidelines for donor SARS screening

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 977-981

  Kumar, Deepali ^a   Tellier, Raymond ^b   Draker, Ryan ^b   Levy, Gary ^a   Humar, Atul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coronavirus; Donor screening; Severe acute respiratory syndrome

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONAVIRUS; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALAISE; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGAN DONOR; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SCREENING; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WINTER;

AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; CONTACT TRACING; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 0042490790     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-6143.2003.00197.x     Document Type: Article

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