TY - JOUR AU - Jones, Jefferson AU - Kracalik, Ian AU - Rana, Meenakshi AU - Nguyen, Ann AU - Keller, Brian AU - Mishkin, Aaron AU - Hoopes, Charles AU - Kaleekal, Thomas AU - Humar, Abhinav AU - Vilaro, Juan AU - Im, Gene AU - Smith, Lou AU - Justice, April AU - Leaumont, Collette AU - Lindstrom, Stephen AU - Whitaker, Brett AU - La Hoz, Ricardo AU - Michaels, Marian AU - Klassen, David AU - Kuhnert, Wendi AU - Basavaraju, Sridhar T1 - SARS-CoV-2 Infections among Recent Organ Recipients, March–May 2020, United States T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2021 VL - 27 IS - 2 SP - 552 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We conducted public health investigations of 8 organ transplant recipients who tested positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection. Findings suggest the most likely source of transmission was community or healthcare exposure, not the organ donor. Transplant centers should educate transplant candidates and recipients about infection prevention recommendations. KW - COVID-19 KW - SARS-CoV-2 KW - severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 KW - viruses KW - respiratory infections KW - zoonoses KW - coronavirus disease KW - organ transplantation KW - transplant recipients KW - United States KW - retrospective studies DO - 10.3201/eid2702.204046 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/2/20-4046_article ER - End of Reference