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

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 organizatio...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emerging infectious diseases 2022-02, Vol.28 (2), p.403-406
Hauptverfasser:	Soto, Raymond A, McDonald, Emily, Annambhotla, Pallavi, Velez, Jason O, Laven, Janeen, Panella, Amanda J, Machesky, Kimberly D, White, Jennifer L, Hyun, Judie, Freuck, Emily, Habel, Janice, Oh, David, Levi, Marilyn, Hasz, Rick, Eidbo, Elling, Staples, J Erin, Basavaraju, Sridhar V, Gould, Carolyn V
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Antibodies arboviruses Blood & organ donations Blood products Blood transfusions Case studies Complications and side effects Disease control Disease prevention Disease transmission Dispatch donor screening Donor Selection Expedited Hepatitis Humans Immunoassay Infections Infectious diseases Liver Medical laboratories Mosquitoes Organ Transplantation - adverse effects Plasma Risk factors solid organ transplantation Tissue Donors transmission Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc Transplants & implants United States - epidemiology Vector-borne diseases viruses West Nile fever West Nile Fever - diagnosis West Nile Fever - epidemiology West Nile virus West Nile Virus Transmission by Solid Organ Transplantation and Considerations for Organ Donor Screening Practices, United States
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Zusammenfassung:	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.
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid2802.211697