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Transmission ofBalamuthia mandrillarisby Organ Transplantation
Author(s) -
Eileen C. Far,
Kenneth E. Kokko,
Philip J. Budge,
Chukwuma Mbaeyi,
Emily Lutterloh,
Yvonne Qvarnström,
Alexandre J. da Silva,
WunJu Shieh,
Sharon L. Roy,
Christopher D. Paddock,
Rama Sriram,
Sherif R. Zaki,
Govinda S. Visvesvara,
Matthew J. Kuehnert
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciw422
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , encephalitis , organ transplantation , organ donation , serology , transplantation , pathology , intensive care medicine , immunology , virus , antibody
During 2009 and 2010, 2 clusters of organ transplant-transmitted Balamuthia mandrillaris, a free-living ameba, were detected by recognition of severe unexpected illness in multiple recipients from the same donor.

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