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JAMA. 2002;288:1465-1466.

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MMWR. 2002;51:790

On August 23, 2002, the Georgia Division of Public Health (GDPH) and CDC were notified of two cases of unexplained fever and encephalitis in recipients of organ transplants from a common donor. An investigation has identified illness in two other recipients from the same donor: one with encephalopathy and the other with febrile illness. CDC, the Food and Drug Administration, GDPH, and the Florida Department of Health are conducting the investigation. This cluster could possibly represent the first recognized transmission of West Nile virus (WNV) by organ donation.

On August 1, four organs were recovered from a single donor and subsequently transplanted into four persons. The donor had been previously healthy before a fatal injury. Before death, the organ donor received numerous transfusions of blood products. Testing performed at CDC with polymerase chain reaction (PCR) during this investigation revealed the presence of WNV in donor serum collected before . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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