Transplantation of hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody positive, nucleic acid test negative donor kidneys to HCV negative patients frequently results in seroconversion but not HCV viremia

de Vera, ME; Volk, ML; Ncube, Z; Blais, S; Robinson, M; Allen, N; Evans, R; Weissman, J; Baron, P; Kore, A; Bratton, C; Garnett, G; Hoang, T; Wai, P; Villicana, R

de Vera, ME (reprint author), Loma Linda Univ, Med Ctr, Dept Surg, Transplant Inst, Loma Linda, CA 92354 USA.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION, 2018; 18 (10): 2451

Abstract

Anecdotal reports have suggested that transplantation of hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody positive (Ab+)/nucleic acid test negative (NAT-) donor kidne......

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