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Hepatitis B core antibody‐positive donors in cardiac transplantation: a single‐center experience
Author(s) -
Horan J.L.,
Stout J.E.,
Alexander B.D.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
transplant infectious disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1399-3062
pISSN - 1398-2273
DOI - 10.1111/tid.12280
Subject(s) - medicine , transplantation , antibody , hepatitis b virus , single center , hepatitis b , virology , liver transplantation , transmission (telecommunications) , immunology , virus , electrical engineering , engineering
Hepatitis B virus ( HBV ) core antibody ( HB cAb)‐positive donors are increasingly utilized in solid organ transplantation. We report a single center's experience in cardiac transplantation with 18 HB cAb‐positive donors. Available follow‐up on recipients of cardiac allografts from HB cAb‐positive donors, including 2 donors with low‐level serum HBV DNA at the time of transplantation, demonstrated no documented donor‐derived HBV transmission.