Apples to apples: The challenges of studying COVID-19 mortality in solid organ transplant recipients

Affiliations

¹ Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
² Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.
³ Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.

Comment

Madeleine R Heldman et al. Am J Transplant. 2022 Jul.

. 2022 Jul;22(7):1929-1930.

doi: 10.1111/ajt.16989. Epub 2022 Feb 15.

¹ Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
² Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.
³ Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.

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