West Nile virus transmission through organ transplantation in north-eastern Italy: A case report and implications for pre-procurement screening

Infection

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 557-562

  Inojosa, W O ^a   Scotton, P G ^a   Fuser, R ^a   Giobbia, M ^a   Paolin, A ^a   Maresca, M C ^a   Brunello, A ^a   Nascimben, E ^a   Sorbara, C ^a   Rigoli, R ^a   Berti, R ^a   Gajo, G B ^a   Giometto, B ^a  

^a Treviso Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

North eastern Italy; West Nile virus infection; West Nile virus laboratory screening; West Nile virus outbreak; West Nile virus transmission through organ transplantation

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMA; CONFUSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; ITALY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MYALGIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PLEOCYTOSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING TEST; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; COMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; RNA, VIRAL; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84867740816     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: 14390973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-012-0263-4     Document Type: Article

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