SARS, xenotransplantation and bioterrorism: Preventing the next epidemic

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 909-912

  Fishman, Jay A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioterrorism; Coronavirus; Infection; SAS; Surveillance; Transplantation; Xenotransplantation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; REVIEW; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; XENOTRANSPLANTATION; ZOONOSIS;

BIOTERRORISM; DISEASE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 0043267652     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-6143.2003.00213.x     Document Type: Review

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