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Volume 32, Number 2—February 2026

Dispatch

Donor-Derived West Nile Virus Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients, France, 2025

Aurélie TruffotComments to Author , Anne-Sophie Montcuquet, Gilda Grard, Laura Pezzi, Raphaelle Klitting, Gabriel Clavel, Sylvain Trincal, Paolo Malvezzi, Lionel Rostaing, Lara Meyer, Stéphanie Dieterle, Sophie Lucas Samuel, Vincent Foulongne, Laura Le Fleur, Patricia Pavese, Gaël Pradel, Florian Franke, Syria Laperche, Julien Lupo, Anne Signori-Schmuck, Raphaële Germi, and Patrice Morand
Author affiliation: Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, IRIG IBS, Laboratoire de virologie, Grenoble, France (A. Truffot, J. Lupo, A. Signori-Schmuck, R. Germi, P. Morand); Université Grenoble Alpes, CHU Grenoble Alpes, Service de néphrologie, Grenoble (A.-S. Montcuquet, G. Clavel, S. Trincal, P. Malvezzi, L. Rostaing); Centre National de Référence des Arbovirus, Inserm-IRBA, Marseille, France (G. Grard, L. Pezzi, R. Klitting); Unité des Virus Émergents, Aix-Marseille Université, Universita di Corsica, IRD, Inserm, Marseille (G. Grard, L. Pezzi, R. Klitting); Service de Néphrologie, Montpellier, France (L. Meyer); Direction Générale Médicale et Scientifique, Agence de la Biomédecine, Saint-Denis, France (S. Dieterle, S.L. Samuel); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier, Montpellier (V. Foulongne, L. Le Fleur); Grenoble-Alpes University Hospital, La Tronche, France (P. Pavese); Centre Hospitalier d’Avignon Henri Duffaut, Avignon, France (G. Pradel); Santé Publique France, Marseille (F. Franke); Etablissement Français du Sang, Saint-Denis (S. Laperche)

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Figure 1

Diffuse skin lesions on donor’s leg in case of donor-derived West Nile virus infection in kidney transplant recipients, France, 2025. Lesions were suggestive of eruptive pseudo-angiomatosis associated with West Nile virus infection.

Figure 1. Diffuse skin lesions on donor’s leg in case of donor-derived West Nile virus infection in kidney transplant recipients, France, 2025. Lesions were suggestive of eruptive pseudo-angiomatosis associated with West Nile virus infection.

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