Zika in Transplant Recipients

Both bacterial superinfection and allograft dysfunction were seen in a small series of transplant recipients with Zika virus infection.

This brief communication describes Zika virus infection in four transplant recipients (two liver and two kidney recipients) in Brazil. Of 187 solid organ transplants performed between January 2015 and April 2016 at a single center, 40 patients (29 kidney and 11 liver transplant recipients) were suspected of having arbovirus infection and were tested according to protocol for dengue, Zika, chikungunya, Saint Louis encephalitis virus, Rocio virus, Ilhéus virus, Bussaquara virus, Iguape virus, and West Nile virus. Zika virus infection was confirmed with positive RT-PCR, together with negative testing for the other arboviruses.

Each of the four confirmed cases of Zika infection was diagnosed between June 2015 and January 2016, during the epidemi…

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Sonia Nagy Chimienti, MD

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Sonia Nagy Chimienti, MD

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Zika in Transplant Recipients

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