2018-02-06Zeitschriftenartikel
Distribution of Porcine Cytomegalovirus in Infected Donor Pigs and in Baboon Recipients of Pig Heart Transplantation
Fiebig, Uwe; Abicht, Jan-Michael; Mayr, Tanja; Längin, Matthias; Bähr, Andrea; Guethoff, Sonja; Falkenau, Almuth; Wolf, Eckhard; Reichart, Bruno; Shibahara, Tomoyuki; Denner, Joachim
The porcine cytomegalovirus (PCMV) is a herpesvirus that may pose a risk for xenotransplantation using pig cells, tissues, or organs. Here, three orthotopic pig heart transplantations into baboons were studied. To detect ...