West Nile Virus Transmission by Solid Organ Transplantation and Considerations for Organ Donor Screening Practices, United States

Authors :: Soto, Raymond A.
McDonald, Emily
Annambhotla, Pallavi
Velez, Jason O.
Laven, Janeen
Panella, Amanda J.
Machesky, Kimberly D.
White, Jennifer L.
Hyun, Judie
Freuck, Emily
Habel, Janice
Oh, David
Levi, Marilyn
Hasz, Rick
Eidbo, Elling
Staples, J. Erin
Basavaraju, Sridhar V.
Gould, Carolyn V.
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases. February, 2022, Vol. 28 Issue 2, p403, 4 p.
Publication Year :: 2022
Abstract: West Nile virus (WNV) is the leading cause of mosquitoborne disease in the contiguous United States and is spread to humans primarily by Culex species mosquitoes (1). Transmission through solid [...]

Subjects :: West Nile fever -- Case studies -- Risk factors
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Case studies -- Complications and side effects
Disease transmission -- Case studies -- Risk factors
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