Probable rabies virus transmission through organ transplantation, China, 2015

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1348-1352

  Zhou, Hang ^a   Zhu, Wuyang ^a,b   Zeng, Jun ^c   He, Jianfeng ^d   Liu, Kai ^e   Li, Yu ^a   Zhou, Shuwu ^c   Mu, Di ^a   Zhang, Kechun ^f   Yu, Pengcheng ^a,b   Li, Zhijian ^g   Zhang, Meng ^d   Chen, Xueqiong ^g   Guo, Chun ^a   Yu, Hongjie ^a,h  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Guangxi Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^d GUANGZHOU CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^e Xiaogan Prefecture Center for Disease Control and prevention   (China)

^f SHENZHEN CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^g Hezhou Prefecture Center for Disease Control and prevention   (China)

^h FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; RIBAVIRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHINA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DEATH; FEVER; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INCUBATION TIME; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; DONOR; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; CHILD; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE INCUBATION PERIOD; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84978734738     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2208.151993     Document Type: Article

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