Incidence of human herpes virus-6 and human cytomegalovirus infections in donated bone marrow and umbilical cord blood hematopoietic stem cells

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 252-255

  Behzad Behbahani, A ^a   Entezam, M ^a   Mojiri, A ^a   Pouransari, R ^a   Rahsaz, M ^a   Banihashemi, M ^a   Heidari, T ^a   Farhadi, A ^a   Azarpira, N ^a   Yaghobi, R ^a   Jowkar, Z ^a   Ramzi, M ^b,c   Robati, M ^b,c  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

BM donors; Haematopoietic stem cells; HCMV; HHV 6; Nested PCR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DNA EXTRACTION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; INFECTION RISK; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; STEM CELL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD STEM CELL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 48249140596     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 19983646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.42038     Document Type: Article

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