Amplification of simian retroviral sequences from human recipients of baboon liver transplants

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 821-824

  Allan, Jonathan S ^a   Broussard, Suzanne R ^a   Michaels, Marian G ^b   Starzl, Thomas E ^c   Leighton, Karen L ^a   Whitehead, Evelyn M ^a   Comuzzie, Anthony G ^a   Lanford, Robert E ^a   Leland, M Michelle ^a   Switzer, William M ^d   Heneine, Walid ^d  

^a SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABOON; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RISK; LATENT VIRUS INFECTION; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 17144466444     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.1998.14.821     Document Type: Article

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