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Notes From the Field: Transplant‐Transmitted Hepatitis B Virus—United States, 2010
Author(s) -
Walter C. Hellinger,
Barry G. Rosser,
Andrew Keaveny,
Carrie F. Nielsen
Publication year - 2012
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/j.1600-6143.2011.03988.x
Subject(s) - medicine , viremia , hepatitis b virus , virology , hepatitis b , organ donation , virus , family medicine , immunology , transplantation
Hepatitis B was transmitted to three of five organ recipients from a donor at increased risk for hepatitis B whose infection was detectable only by nucleic acid virus testing, which revealed extremely low‐level viremia.