Fatal encephalitis due to rabies virus transmitted by organ transplantation

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 855-856

  Roos, Karen L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; AUTOPSY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; EDITORIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABIES VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MORTALITY; NOTE; RABIES; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; HUMANS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; RABIES;

EID: 20844451876     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.62.6.855     Document Type: Editorial

References (4)

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