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Hepatitis C genotype change after transplantation utilizing hepatitis C positive donor organs.
Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society - 1 Aug 2018
Adekunle R, Jonchhe S, Ravichandran B, Wilson E, Husson J
Abstract excerpt
A shortage in organs for transplantation has led to the increased use of hepatitis C (HCV) infected donor organs for solid organ transplant recipients infected with HCV. However, the donor HCV genotype is not routinely checked or known prior to transplant. Here, we report 4 cases of genotype conversion after transplantation in patients receiving HCV infected donor organs. This change in genotype may potentially...
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