No evidence of XMRV infection in immunocompromised patients and HIV-positive individuals from Germany

Infection

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 181-184

  Korn, K ^a   Reil, H ^a   Ensser, A ^a   Knoll A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

HIV 1 infection; Immunosuppressive therapy; Transplant recipients; XMRV

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GERMANY; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HERPES VIRUS SAIMIRI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROVIRUS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROVIRUS INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUS DETECTION; XENOTROPIC MULV RELATED VIRUS; XENOTROPIC MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS RELATED VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; INFANT; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; XENOTROPIC MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS-RELATED VIRUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863225947     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: 14390973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-012-0249-2     Document Type: Article

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