What is XMRV and should we be worried about it?

Transfusion

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 450-453

  Shan, Hua ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDITORIAL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSTATE CANCER; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; XENOTROPIC MULV RELATED VIRUS;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; XENOTROPIC MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS-RELATED VIRUS;

EID: 79952478798     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03070.x     Document Type: Editorial

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