Transmission of West Nile virus by organ transplantation

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 239-241

  Kusne, Shimon ^a   Smilack, Jerry ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CADAVER DONOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERVIEW; LIVING DONOR; MEDICAL RECORD; NONHUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; REVIEW; VIREMIA; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 13944258179     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20350     Document Type: Review

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