HCV‐Positive Donor Organs in Solid Organ Transplantation: "Mind the Gap!". Issue 11 (21st July 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fishman, J. A.; Forns, X.
• Is Part Of: American journal of transplantation. Volume 17:Issue 11(2017)
• Page Start: 2755
• Page End: 2756
• Publication Date: 2017-07-21
• Subjects: clinical research/practice -- ethics and public policy -- organ procurement and allocation -- organ transplantation in general -- infectious disease -- organ allocation -- liver disease: infectious -- infection and infectious agents -- viral: hepatitis C -- infection and infectious agents -- viral -- ethics; Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc -- Periodicals; 617.95
• DOI: 10.1111/ajt.14396
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1600-6135

Abstract

Abstract : Transplantation of organs from donors infected with hepatitis C virus presents an opportunity to identify those individuals most likely to benefit from directly active antiviral therapies as well as possible limitations of these therapies in transplant recipients. See the meeting report from Levitsky et al onpage 2790 .