Torque teno virus viremia load size in patients with selected congenital defects of innate immunity

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 692-694

  Maggi, Fabrizio ^a   Pifferi, Massimo ^b   Michelucci, Angela ^a   Albani, Melania ^a   Sbranti, Selenia ^a   Lanini, Letizia ^a   Simi, Paolo ^a   Macchia, Pierantonio ^b   Pistello, Mauro ^a   Bendinelli, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CILIARY DYSKINESIA; CONGENITAL MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN DEFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MBL2 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SITUS INVERSUS; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIREMIA; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CILIARY MOTILITY DISORDERS; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES; MALE; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTIN; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRAL LOAD; VIREMIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954557144     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00466-10     Document Type: Article

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