Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus transmitted through solid organ transplantation - Massachusetts, 2008

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 57, Issue 29, 2008, Pages 799-801

  Barry, A ^a   Gunn, J ^a   Tormey, P ^a   McCarthy, T ^a   Pendarvis, J ^a   Delmonico, F ^b   Sussman, L ^b   Fitzpatrick, S ^b   Gautam, A ^c   Sulis, C ^c   Wong, M ^d   Pillai, S ^d   Arya, M ^d   Stillman, I ^d   Wright, S B ^d   Karp, S ^d   Goodell, P ^d   DeMaria, A ^e   Brown, C ^e   Cumming, M ^e   Matyas, B ^e   Hull, M ^e,f,g   Schillie, S ^h   more..

^a Boston Public Health Commission   (United States)

^b New England Organ Bank   (United States)

^c BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f Office of the Chief Medical Examiner   (United States)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^h National Center for Preparedness Detection and Control of Infectious Diseases ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DONOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 47949107162     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

References (3)

1. Fischer SA, Graham MB, Kuehnert MJ, et al. Transmission of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus by organ transplantation. N Engl J Med 2006;354:2235-49.
2. Palacios G, Druce J, Du L, et al. A new arenavirus in a cluster of fatal transplant-associated diseases. N Engl J Med 2008;358:991-8.
3. Enria D, Mills JN, Flick R, et al. Arenavirus infections. In: Tropical infectious diseases: principles, pathogens, and practice. Guerrant RL, Walker DH, Weller PF, eds. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2006:734-55.