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POSTTRANSPLANT MALARIA: FIRST CASE OF TRANSMISSION OF PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM FROM A WHITE MULTIORGAN DONOR TO FOUR RECIPIENTS
1 Jan 2003
Abstract excerpt
Malaria represents an unusual complication of solid-organ transplantation in nonendemic countries. Most cases have been described after renal transplantation (32 cases), whereas only two and three cases have been reported in heart (1,2) and liver (2–4) transplantation, respectively. All the species of plasmodium may be involved. We report the first case of a well-documented transmission of Plasmodium falciparum...
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