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An assessment of donor-to-recipient transmission patterns of human cytomegalovirus by analysis of viral genomic variants.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jun 2009
Manuel Oriol, Pang Xiaoli L, Humar Atul, Kumar Deepali, Doucette Karen, Preiksaitis Jutta K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: We studied human cytomegalovirus (CMV) donor-to-recipient transmission patterns in organ transplantation by analyzing genomic variants on the basis of CMV glycoprotein B (gB) genotyping. METHODS: Organ transplant recipients were included in the study if they had CMV viremia, if they had received an organ from a CMV-seropositive donor, and if there was at least 1 other recipient of an organ from the...
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