Screening of organ and tissue donors for West Nile virus by nucleic acid amplification - A three year experience in Alberta

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2119-2125

  Tilley, Peter A G ^a   Fox, Julie D ^a   Lee, Bonita ^b   Chui, Linda ^b   Preiksaitis, Jutta ^b  

^a PROVINCIAL LABORATORY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

^b University of Calgary ^*

Author keywords

Polymerase chain reaction; Transplantation; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ALBERTA; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; VIREMIA; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 51849131989     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2008.02365.x     Document Type: Article

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