Protective Cytomegalovirus (CMV)-Specific T-Cell Immunity Is Frequent in Kidney Transplant Patients without Serum Anti-CMV Antibodies

Litjens, NHR; Huang, L; Dedeoglu, B; Meijers, RWJ; Kwekkeboom, J; Betjes, MGH

Litjens, NHR (reprint author), Univ Med Ctr Rotterdam, Erasmus MC, Dept Internal Med Nephrol & Transplantat, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY, 2017; 8 ( ):

Abstract

The absence of anti-cytomegalovirus (CMV) immunoglobulin G (IgG) is used to classify pretransplant patients as naive for CMV infection (CMVneg patient......

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