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- Title
Raccoon rabies virus variant transmission through solid organ transplantation.
- Authors
Vora, Neil M; Basavaraju, Sridhar V; Feldman, Katherine A; Paddock, Christopher D; Orciari, Lillian; Gitterman, Steven; Griese, Stephanie; Wallace, Ryan M; Said, Maria; Blau, Dianna M; Selvaggi, Gennaro; Velasco-Villa, Andres; Ritter, Jana; Yager, Pamela; Kresch, Agnes; Niezgoda, Mike; Blanton, Jesse; Stosor, Valentina; Falta, Edward M; Lyon, G Marshall, 3rd; Zembower, Teresa; Kuzmina, Natalia; Rohatgi, Prashant K; Recuenco, Sergio; Zaki, Sherif; Damon, Inger; Franka, Richard; Kuehnert, Matthew J; Transplant-Associated Rabies Virus Transmission Investigation Team
- Abstract
The rabies virus causes a fatal encephalitis and can be transmitted through tissue or organ transplantation. In February 2013, a kidney recipient with no reported exposures to potentially rabid animals died from rabies 18 months after transplantation.
- Publication
JAMA, 2013, Vol 310, Issue 4, p398
- ISSN
1538-3598
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.2013.7986