Merkel cell polyomavirus DNA sequences in the buffy coats of healthy blood donors

Blood

Volumn 117, Issue 26, 2011, Pages 7099-7101

  Pancaldi, Cecilia ^a   Corazzari, Valentina ^a   Maniero, Stefania ^a   Mazzoni, Elisa ^a   Comar, Manola ^b   Martini, Fernanda ^a   Tognon, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD BUFFY COAT; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MERKEL CELL; MERKEL CELL POLYOMAVIRUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMA VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 79959832206     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 15280020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2010-09-310557     Document Type: Article

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