West Nile virus RNA in tissues from donor associated with transmission to organ transplant recipients

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1518-1520

  Blau, Dianna M ^a   Rabe, Ingrid B ^a   Bhatnagar, Julu ^a   Civen, Rachel ^b   Trivedi, Kavita K ^c   Rollin, Dominique ^a   Hocevar, Susan N ^a   Kuehnert, Matthew ^a   Staples, J Erin ^a   Zaki, Sherif R ^a   Fischer, Marc ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Los Angeles County Department of Public Health   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 1; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CASE REPORT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; RESUSCITATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

IMMUNODEFICIENCY; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; ORGANS; RNA; SOLID ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUES; TRANSPLANT; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUSES; WEST NILE VIRUS; WNV;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; TISSUE DONORS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84882722465     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1909.130365     Document Type: Article

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