Special Article
Donor-Derived Infections in Solid Organ Transplantation

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Key words:

Donor infection
donor-to-host transmission
donor screening
testing
latent infection

Abbreviations

CMV
cytomegalovirus
CNT
Centro Nazionale Trapinti
CSF
cerebrospinal fluid
D.R.IN
donor risk infection
DTAC
Disease Transmission Advisory Committee
ELISA
enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
FDA
US Food and Drug Administration
HBsAg
hepatitis B surface antigen
HBV
hepatitis B virus
HCV
hepatitis C virus
HIV
human immunodeficiency virus
IWDT
intervention without disease transmission
LCMV
lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus
MSM
man who has sex with another man
MRSA
methicillin-resistant S. aureus
NAT
nucleic acid test
OPTN
Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network
PCR
polymerase chain reaction
REDS
Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study
UNOS
United Network for Organ Sharing
VRE
vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus
WNV
West Nile virus

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