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Volume 23, Number 4—April 2017
CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis

Transmission of Hepatitis A Virus through Combined Liver–Small Intestine–Pancreas Transplantation

Monique A. FosterComments to Author , Lauren M. Weil, Sherry Jin, Thomas Johnson, Tonya R. Hayden-Mixson, Yury Khudyakov, Pallavi D. Annambhotla, Sridhar V. Basavaraju, Saleem Kamili, Jana M. Ritter, Noele Nelson, George Mazariegos, Michael Green, Ryan W. Himes, David T. Kuhar, Matthew J. Kuehnert, Jeffrey R. Miller, Rachel Wiseman, and Anne C. Moorman
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (M.A. Foster, T.R. Hayden-Mixson, Y. Khudyakov, P.D. Annambhotla, S.V. Basavaraju, S. Kamili, J.M. Ritter, N. Nelson, D.T. Kuhar, M.J. Kuehnert, J.A. Miller, A.C. Moorman); Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin, Texas, USA (L.M. Weil); Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services, Houston, Texas, USA (S. Jin); Houston Health Department, Houston (T. Johnson); Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (G. Mazariegos, M. Green); Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, (R.W. Himes); Pennsylvania Department of Health, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA (J.A. Miller); Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin (R. Wiseman)

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Table 1

Laboratory results for case-patients and contacts related to HAV outbreak, Texas, 2015*

Patient or source of specimen Outcome or status HAV rRT -PCR Serologic testing
 Vaccination status
IgM IgG
Donor Deceased Detected Detected Not detected Unvaccinated
Multi–visceral organ recipient Persistent infection Detected Detected Detected Vaccinated
Heart recipient Immune Not detected Not detected Detected Vaccinated
Left kidney recipient Immune Not detected Not detected Detected Vaccinated
Right kidney recipient Immune Not detected Not detected Detected Vaccinated
Home health nurse A Recovered Detected Detected Not detected Unvaccinated
Home health nurse B Recovered Detected Detected Not detected Unvaccinated
Inpatient nurse Recovered No sample Detected Not detected Unvaccinated

*HAV, hepatitis A virus; rRT-PCR, real-time reverse transcription PCR.

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