Cytomegalovirus-specific T-cell responses and viral replication in kidney transplant recipients

Cytomegalovirus-specific T-cell responses and viral replication in kidney transplant recipients

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Cytomegalovirus (CMV) seronegative recipients (R-) of kidney transplants (KT) from seropositive donors (D+) are at higher risk for CMV replication and ganciclovir(GCV)-resistance than CMV R(+). We hypothesized that low CMV-specific T...

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Main Authors: Sester Urban, Steiger Juerg, Schaub Stefan, Dumoulin Alexis, Jäger Clemens, Binggeli Simone, Binet Isabelle, Egli Adrian, Sester Martina, Hirsch Hans H
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-06-01
Series:Journal of Translational Medicine
Online Access:http://www.translational-medicine.com/content/6/1/29

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