Feces in our food, viruses in our organs: donor surveillance, organ transplantation and the risk for disease transmission

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T Pruett. Am J Transplant. 2011 Jun.

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. 2011 Jun;11(6):1115-6.

doi: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03600.x.

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