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. 1998 Oct;6(10):411-5.
doi: 10.1016/s0966-842x(98)01347-x.

Xenotransplantation and the risk of retroviral zoonosis

J Brown  1 , A L Matthews, P A Sandstrom, L E Chapman
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Xenotransplantation and the risk of retroviral zoonosis

J Brown et al. Trends Microbiol. 1998 Oct.

Abstract

It is hypothesized that xenotransplantation could facilitate the emergence of new human pathogens. Retroviruses might pose the greatest public health risk because of the possibility of undetected transmission within a population. Evidence from naturally occurring retroviral zoonoses and cross-species infections by animal retroviruses provides a basis for reasoned speculation on the risks posed by xenotransplantation.

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