Transmission of swine influenza through organ transplantation

Reviews in Medical Virology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 65-67

  Griffiths, P D ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; SWINE INFLUENZA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 77649112123     PISSN: 10529276     EISSN: 10991654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rmv.653     Document Type: Editorial

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