Donor-derived infection: Old problem, new solutions?

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1087-1088

  Humar, A ^a   Fishman, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDITORIAL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVENTION STUDY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RECIPIENT; SCREENING TEST;

ARENAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 44449083342     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2008.02246.x     Document Type: Editorial

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