Powassan Virus Infection Likely Acquired Through Blood Transfusion Presenting as Encephalitis in a Kidney Transplant Recipient

Powassan Virus Infection Likely Acquired Through Blood Transfusion Presenting as Encephalitis in a Kidney Transplant Recipient

Abstract A kidney transplant patient without known tick exposure developed encephalitis 3 weeks after transplantation. During the transplant hospitalization, the patient had received a blood transfusion from an asymptomatic donor later discovered to have been infected with Powassan virus. Here, we d...

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical infectious diseases 2021-03, Vol.72 (6), p.1051-1054
Hauptverfasser: Taylor, Lindsay, Condon, Taryn, Destrampe, Eric M, Brown, Jennifer A, McGavic, Jeanette, Gould, Carolyn V, Chambers, Trudy V, Kosoy, Olga I, Burkhalter, Kristen L, Annambhotla, Pallavi, Basavaraju, Sridhar V, Groves, Jamel, Osborn, Rebecca A, Weiss, John, Stramer, Susan L, Misch, Elizabeth A
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Sprache:eng
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Animals
Blood Transfusion
Encephalitis - diagnosis
Encephalitis - etiology
Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne
Encephalitis, Tick-Borne - diagnosis
Humans
Kidney Transplantation - adverse effects
Virus Diseases
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Zusammenfassung:Abstract A kidney transplant patient without known tick exposure developed encephalitis 3 weeks after transplantation. During the transplant hospitalization, the patient had received a blood transfusion from an asymptomatic donor later discovered to have been infected with Powassan virus. Here, we describe a probable instance of transfusion-transmitted Powassan virus infection.
ISSN:1058-4838
1537-6591
DOI:10.1093/cid/ciaa738