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Patient Gets HIV From Kidney Transplant

Donor had unsafe sex after testing

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 17, 2011 9:03 AM CDT

(Newser) – The New York City recipient of a kidney from a live donor has contracted HIV from the transplant, the Wall Street Journal reports. It marks the first time the virus has been transmitted from a live donor since 1985, when a powerful test was approved...   Read full story »

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HIV • organ donor • kidney • kidney transplant • organ donation

 
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