State-of-the-art monitoring of cytomegalovirus-specific cell-mediated immunity after organ transplant: a primer for the clinician.

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Published in Clin Infect Dis on September 18, 2012

Authors

Adrian Egli1, Atul Humar, Deepali Kumar

Author Affiliations

1: Transplant Infectious Diseases, Alberta Transplant Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

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