Encephalitis caused by pathogens transmitted through organ transplants, United States, 2002-2013

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1443-1451

  Basavaraju, Sridhar V ^a   Kuehnert, Matthew J ^a   Zaki, Sherif R ^a   Sejvar, James J ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALAMUTHIA MANDRILLARIS; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENCEPHALITIS; GRANULOMATOUS AMEBIC ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; RABIES VIRUS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; UNITED STATES; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; BRAIN; DONOR; HISTORY; IMMUNOLOGY; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TRANSPLANTATION; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE VIRUS;

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BALAMUTHIA MANDRILLARIS; BRAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; ENCEPHALITIS; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVER; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RABIES VIRUS; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTS; UNITED STATES; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84906229484     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2009.131332     Document Type: Article

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