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. 2021 Oct;23(5):e13707.
doi: 10.1111/tid.13707. Epub 2021 Aug 5.

Successful heart and kidney transplantation from a deceased donor with PCR positive COVID-19

Rachel Sigler  1 , Mita Shah  2 , Gabriel Schnickel  3 , Victor Pretorius  4 , Jennifer Dan  1 , Mahnaz Taremi  1 , Saima Aslam  1
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Successful heart and kidney transplantation from a deceased donor with PCR positive COVID-19

Rachel Sigler et al. Transpl Infect Dis. 2021 Oct.
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Keywords: COVID-19; donor testing; organ transplant.

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Conflict of interest statement

Saima Aslam receives grant funding from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation; Consultant for Merck, Gilead, BioMx. None of the other authors had personal or financial conflicts of interest to report.

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