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HCV‐Positive Donor Organs in Solid Organ Transplantation: “Mind the Gap!”
Author(s) -
Fishman J. A.,
Forns X.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
american journal of transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1600-6143
pISSN - 1600-6135
DOI - 10.1111/ajt.14396
Subject(s) - medicine , immunosuppression , transplantation , organ transplantation , economic shortage , hepatitis c , immunology , hepatitis c virus , virology , intensive care medicine , virus , linguistics , philosophy , government (linguistics)
Transplantation of organs from donors infected with hepatitis C virus presents an opportunity to identify those individuals most likely to benefit from directly active antiviral therapies as well as possible limitations of these therapies in transplant recipients. See the meeting report from Levitsky et al on page 2790.