Transplantation of Livers From Viremic Hepatitis C Virus-Positive Donors Into Hepatitis C Virus-Negative Recipients
Authors
Martins, Paulo N.A.UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of Surgery, Division of TransplantationDocument Type
Response or CommentPublication Date
2018-10-01Keywords
Health Services AdministrationHepatology
Surgery
Surgical Procedures, Operative
Virus Diseases
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I have read with interest the paper by Dr. Bari et al. reporting on the use of livers from hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody–positive, nucleic acid test–negative (nonviremic) donors into HCV negative recipients and would like to congratulate the authors for such important contribution.1 I would like to emphasize that, due to increasing mortality on the waitlist and excellent antiviral treatment, the transplant community should also use livers from HCV viremic donors for selected HCV negative recipients.Source
Hepatology. 2018 Oct;68(4):1656. doi: 10.1002/hep.30106. Link to article on publisher's site
DOI
10.1002/hep.30106Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/49751PubMed ID
29888797Related Resources
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10.1002/hep.30106