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JAMA. 2005;294:1613-1614.

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MMWR. 2005;54:799-801

On August 12, this report was posted as an MMWR Dispatch on the MMWR website (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr).

In May 2005, CDC received reports of illness in four solid-organ transplant recipients who were later determined to have been infected with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) from a common organ donor.¹ Three of the four organ recipients died, 23-27 days after transplantation. This report updates information about the ongoing investigation and provides interim measures for reducing the risk for LCMV infection from pet rodents associated with this outbreak.

Epidemiologic investigation traced the source of the virus to a pet hamster recently purchased by the organ donor from a pet store in Rhode Island. LCMV testing of other rodents at the pet store identified three other LCMV-infected rodents (two hamsters and a guinea pig). All four pet rodents had been supplied by a single distributor, MidSouth Distributors of Ohio. Preliminary test . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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