No evidence of cross-species transmission of mouse retroviruses to animal workers exposed to mice

Transfusion

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 317-325

  Brooks, James ^a   Lycett Lambert, Karly ^a   Caminiti, Kyna ^a   Merks, Harriet ^a   McMillan, Rachel ^a   Sandstrom, Paul ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GROUP SPECIFIC ANTIGEN GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LABORATORY DEVICE; MOUSE; MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROVIRUS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; XENOTROPIC MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS RELATED VIRUS;

ANIMAL TECHNICIANS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; XENOTROPIC MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS-RELATED VIRUS;

EID: 84855836642     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03463.x     Document Type: Article

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