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Editorial
. 2021 May;21(5):1685-1686.
doi: 10.1111/ajt.16408. Epub 2020 Dec 20.

Respiratory viral infections in solid organ transplant recipients: New insights from multicenter data

Barbara C Gärtner  1 , Robin K Avery  2
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Editorial

Respiratory viral infections in solid organ transplant recipients: New insights from multicenter data

Barbara C Gärtner et al. Am J Transplant. 2021 May.

Abstract

A new study from Mombelli et al. (page 1789) sheds light on viral respiratory infections in solid organ transplant recipients, focusing on consequences of these infections and potential interventions for prevention.

Keywords: clinical research / practice; infection and infectious agents; infection and infectious agents - viral; infection and infectious agents - viral: influenza; infectious disease.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors of this manuscript have conflicts of interest to disclose as described by the American Journal of Transplantation. Barbara Gärtner is an Advisory Board member of Sequirus and Sanofi and received honoraia for talks from Glaxo‐Smith‐Kline. Robin Avery received grant support for the study from Aicuris, Astellas, Chimerix, Merck, Oxford Immunotec, Qiagen, and Takeda/Shire (for CMV and HSV trials, not respiratory viruses).

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