Fatal West Nile Virus Encephalitis in a Renal Transplant Recipient

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 26-31

  Cushing, Melissa M ^a,c   Brat, Daniel J ^a   Mosunjac, Mario I ^a   Hennigar, Randolph A ^a   Jernigan, Daniel B ^b   Lanciotti, Robert ^b   Petersen, Lyle R ^b   Goldsmith, Cynthia ^b   Rollin, Pierre E ^b   Shieh, Wun Ju ^b   Guarner, Jeannette ^b   Zaki, Sherif R ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Encephalitis; Flavivirus; Immunohistochemistry; Immunosuppression; Organ transplantation; Pathology; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA VIRUS; VIRION; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ADULT; BRAIN; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; TISSUE DONORS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 9144226799     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/G23CP54DAR1BCY8L     Document Type: Article

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