Risk of transmission of H1N1 influenza by solid organ transplantation in the United Kingdom

Transplantation

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 551-554

  Halliday, Neil ^a   Wilmore, Stephanie ^a   Griffiths, Paul D ^b   Neuberger, James ^c   Thorburn, Douglas ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Infection; Influenza; Transmission; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

OSELTAMIVIR;

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMMON COLD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DONOR; FEVER; HEART GRAFT; HUMAN; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; KIDNEY GRAFT; LIVER GRAFT; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; THROAT CULTURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTS;

EID: 84857655918     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3182445e71     Document Type: Article

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