Impact of rituximab-associated B-cell defects on West Nile virus meningoencephalitis in solid organ transplant recipients.

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Published in Clin Transplant on August 03, 2009

Authors

Marilyn E Levi1, Dianna Quan, Joseph T Ho, B K Kleinschmidt-Demasters, Kenneth L Tyler, Todd J Grazia

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, CO 80045, USA. marilyn.levi@ucdenver.edu

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