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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2004, p. 5353-5356, Vol. 42, No. 11
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.11.5353-5356.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Monitoring for Presence of Potentially Xenotic Viruses in Recipients of Pig Islet Xenotransplantation

O. Garkavenko,1* M. C. Croxson,2 M. Irgang,3 A. Karlas,3 J. Denner,3 and R. B. Elliott1

Diatranz NZ Ltd., Papatoetoe,1 Auckland Hospital, Grafton, Auckland, New Zealand,2 Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany3

Received 8 September 2003/ Returned for modification 20 May 2004/ Accepted 7 August 2004

This study represents a long-term follow-up of human patients receiving pig islet xenotransplantation. Eighteen patients had been monitored for up to 9 years for potentially xenotic pig viruses: pig endogenous retrovirus, pig cytomegalovirus, pig lymphotropic herpesvirus, and pig circovirus type 2. No evidence of viral infection was found.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Diatranz NZ Ltd., P.O. Box 23566, Papatoetoe, Auckland, New Zealand. Phone: 64 9 276 2690. Fax: 64 9 276 2691. E-mail: ovlad{at}xtra.co.nz.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2004, p. 5353-5356, Vol. 42, No. 11
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.11.5353-5356.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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