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Donor‐derived human herpesvirus 8 and development of Kaposi sarcoma among 6 recipients of organs from donors with high‐risk sexual and substance use behavior

Kaposi sarcoma (KS) can develop following organ transplantation through reactivation of recipient human herpesvirus 8 (HHV‐8) infection or through donor‐derived HHV‐8 transmission. We describe 6 cases of donor‐derived HHV‐8 infection and KS investigated from July 2018 to January 2020. Organs from 6...

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Autores principales: Dollard, Sheila C., Annambhotla, Pallavi, Wong, Phili, Meneses, Katherine, Amin, Minal M., La Hoz, Ricardo M., Lease, Erika D., Budev, Maria, Arrossi, Andrea Valeria, Basavaraju, Sridhar V., Thomas, Christie P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7891580/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32633035
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajt.16181