Torque teno virus load as a biomarker of immunosuppression? new hopes and insights

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 210, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 668-670

  Béland, Kathie ^a   Dore Nguyen, Michael ^a   Gagné, Marie Josée ^b   Patey, Nathalie ^c   Brassard, Julie ^b   Alvarez, Fernando ^a   Halac, Ugur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b FOOD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION RATE; LETTER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE TENO VIRUS INFECTION; VIREMIA; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION;

DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 84905589106     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiu210     Document Type: Letter

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