Hepatitis B surface antigen-positive donor to negative recipient lung transplantation

Sara Belga; Dima Kabbani; Karen Doucette

doi:10.1111/ajt.15886

Hepatitis B surface antigen-positive donor to negative recipient lung transplantation

Am J Transplant. 2020 Aug;20(8):2287-2288. doi: 10.1111/ajt.15886. Epub 2020 Apr 12.

Authors

Sara Belga^{1

2}, Dima Kabbani¹, Karen Doucette¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
² Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

PMID: 32239634
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.15886

No abstract available

Keywords: donors and donation: donor-derived infections; editorial/personal viewpoint; infection and infectious agents-viral: hepatitis B; infectious disease.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Hepatitis B Antibodies
Hepatitis B Core Antigens
Hepatitis B Surface Antigens
Hepatitis B virus
Hepatitis B*
Humans
Lung Transplantation*
Tissue Donors

Substances

Hepatitis B Antibodies
Hepatitis B Core Antigens
Hepatitis B Surface Antigens

Grants and funding

234-2005-37011C/HRSA/HRSA HHS/United States