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Extended Microbiological Characterization of Göttingen Minipigs in the Context of Xenotransplantation: Detection and Vertical Transmission of Hepatitis E Virus.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Morozov Vladimir A, Morozov Alexey V, Rotem Avi, Barkai Uriel, Bornstein Stefan, Denner Joachim
Abstract excerpt
Xenotransplantation has been proposed as a solution to the shortage of suitable human donors. Pigs are currently favoured as donor animals for xenotransplantation of cells, including islet cells, or organs. To reduce the xenotransplantation-associated risk of infection of the recipient the pig donor should be carefully characterised. Göttingen minipigs from Ellegaard are often used for biomedical research and are...
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