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Case Reports
. 2013;19(9):1518-20.
doi: 10.3201/eid1909.130365.

West Nile virus RNA in tissues from donor associated with transmission to organ transplant recipients

Dianna M Blau, Ingrid B Rabe, Julu Bhatnagar, Rachel Civen, Kavita K Trivedi, Dominique Rollin, Susan N Hocevar, Matthew Kuehnert, J Erin Staples, Sherif R Zaki, Marc Fischer; West Nile Virus Transplant-Associated Transmission Investigation Team
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West Nile virus RNA in tissues from donor associated with transmission to organ transplant recipients

Dianna M Blau et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2013.

Abstract

We identified West Nile virus (WNV) RNA in skin, fat, muscle, tendon, and bone marrow from a deceased donor associated with WNV transmission through solid organ transplantation. WNV could not be cultured from the RNA-positive tissues. Further studies are needed to determine if WNV can be transmitted from postmortem tissues.

Keywords: RNA; WNV; West Nile virus; immunodeficiency; organ donor; organ transplantation; organs; solid organ transplantation; tissues; transplant; virus transmission; viruses.

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