No evidence of PERV infection in healthcare workers exposed to transgenic porcine liver extracorporeal support

Xenotransplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 309-315

  Levy, Marlon F ^a   Argaw, Takele ^b   Wilson, Carolyn A ^b   Brooks, James ^c   Sandstrom, Paul ^c   Merks, Harriet ^b   Logan, John ^d   Klintmalm, Goran ^e  

^a Baylor All Saints Islet Cell Laboratory   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION   (United States)

^e BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease transmission; Healthcare workers; Porcine endogenous retrovirus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EX VIVO STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER PERFUSION; LIVER SUPPORT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS INFECTION; SEROLOGY; SWINE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; VIROLOGY; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LIVER; RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; SWINE; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 34547422794     PISSN: 0908665X     EISSN: 13993089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3089.2007.00408.x     Document Type: Article

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