Volume 19, Number 9—September 2013
Dispatch
West Nile Virus RNA in Tissues from Donor Associated with Transmission to Organ Transplant Recipients
Table
Specimens tested | Tests performed† |
||
---|---|---|---|
RT-PCR | Cell culture | IHC staining | |
Spleen/lymph node homogenate |
+ |
+ |
NT |
Tissues | |||
Skin | + | – | – |
Fat, tibia | + | – | – |
Tendon | |||
Gracilis | + | – | NT |
Achilles | – | NT | NT |
Semitendinosus | – | NT | NT |
Tibialis | – | NT | NT |
Muscle | |||
Attached to tibia | + | – | – |
Adjacent to gracilis tendon | – | – | NT |
Bone marrow | |||
Femur | + | – | – |
Pelvis |
– |
NT |
NT |
Bone, pelvic cortical | ‡ | NT | NT |
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1Members of the West Nile Virus Transplant-Associated Transmission Investigation Team: Holenarasipur R. Vikram, David Mulligan, (Mayo Clinic, Phoenix); Gundeep Dhillon (Stanford University School of Medicine); Drew J. Winston, Johnny C. Hong (University of California Los Angeles Medical Center); Thomas Mone (OneLegacy); Marek J. Nowicki (Mendez National Institute of Transplantation); Joel Osborne, Pamela Rawlins (Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation); and Selam A. Tecle (Arizona Department of Health Services).
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