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EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 28, Issue 2, Pages 403-406Publisher
CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION
DOI: 10.3201/eid2802.211697
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West Nile virus, the most common domestic arbovirus in the United States, can be transmitted through solid organ transplantation and cause neuroinvasive disease. Organ procurement organizations should consider screening during region-specific WNV transmission months due to increased illness and death in transplant recipients.
West Nile virus (WNV) is the most common domestic arbovirus in the United States. During 2018, WNV was transmitted through solid organ transplantation to 2 recipients who had neuroinvasive disease develop. Because of increased illness and death in transplant recipients, organ procurement organizations should consider screening during region-specific WNV transmission months.
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