CDC: Protect Organ Transplant Patients from Unintended Disease Transmission

Author: Matthew J. Kuehnert, MD, Director, Office of Blood, Organ, and Other Tissue Safety Over the past few years, my team at the CDC looked into more than 200 reports of unexpected disease transmission through organ transplantation. Of the cases that...

Author: Matthew J. Kuehnert, MD, Director, Office of Blood, Organ, and Other Tissue Safety Over the past few years, my team at the CDC looked into more than 200 reports of unexpected disease transmission through organ transplantation. Of the cases that were confirmed, some had fatal outcomes. Clearly, transmission of infections through organ transplants remains […]

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