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Maximizing Utilization of the Donor Pool by Appropriate Classification of Hepatitis C Antibody‐Positive Donors
Author(s) -
Anesi J. A.,
Goldberg D. S.
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.14417
Subject(s) - medicine , serology , nucleic acid test , transplantation , hepatitis c , hepatitis c virus , immunology , antibody , virology , virus , covid-19 , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Nucleic acid testing for hepatitis C virus among deceased donors can more accurately determine whether a donor is actively infected than serology testing, and may expand the donor pool. See Kling et al's article on page 2863.