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Four Patients Contract HIV Through Organ Transplants
Four people contracted both HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) through solid-organ transplants this year, according to the Chicago Tribune. The transplants took place at three different hospitals in January, with the organs coming from a single high-risk donor whose true infection status was determined only recently. Further investigation is ongoing.
Published in AIDS Clinical Care November 19, 2007
Citation(s):
Manier J. 4 transplant recipients get HIV from donor. Chicago Tribune . Nov 13 , 2007. (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-organ13nov13,1,2099423.story?track=rss)