## Background: In 2004, four recipients of kidneys, a liver, and an arterial segment from a common organ donor died of encephalitis of an unknown cause. ## Methods: We reviewed the medical records of the organ donor and the recipients. blood, cerebrospinal fluid, and tissues from the recipients w
Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis C Virus From an Organ Donor to Four Transplant Recipients
โ Scribed by M. G. Ison; E. Llata; C. S. Conover; J. J. Friedewald; S. I. Gerber; A. Grigoryan; W. Heneine; J. M. Millis; D. M. Simon; C.-G. Teo; M. J. Kuehnert;; the HIV-HCV Transplantation Transmission Investigation Team
- Book ID
- 114806044
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 190 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1600-6135
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