West Nile Virus Transmission by Solid Organ Transplantation and Considerations for Organ Donor Screening Practices, United States

Overview

Journal Emerg Infect Dis

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2021 Nov 29

PMID 34843660

Citations 9

Authors

Raymond A Soto

Emily McDonald

Pallavi Annambhotla

Jason O Velez

Janeen Laven

Amanda J Panella

Kimberly D Machesky

Jennifer L White

Judie Hyun

Emily Freuck

Janice Habel

David Oh

Marilyn Levi

Rick Hasz

Elling Eidbo

J Erin Staples

Sridhar V Basavaraju

Carolyn V Gould

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Abstract

West Nile virus (WNV) is the most common domestic arbovirus in the United States. During 2018, WNV was transmitted through solid organ transplantation to 2 recipients who had neuroinvasive disease develop. Because of increased illness and death in transplant recipients, organ procurement organizations should consider screening during region-specific WNV transmission months.

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