Seroprevalence of West Nile virus infection in solid organ transplant recipients

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 120-126

  Freifeld, A G ^a   Meza, J ^b   Schweitzer, B ^c   Shafer, L ^a   Kalil, A C ^a   Sambol, A R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

IgG; Solid organ transplant; Transplant; West Nile fever; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NONHUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; ST LOUIS FLAVIVIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TESTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 77950566072     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2009.00464.x     Document Type: Article

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