Transplantation

Home Current Issue Previous Issues Publish Ahead-of-Print Transplantation Library For Authors Journal Info
Skip Navigation LinksHome > November 27, 2008 - Volume 86 - Issue 10 > Emerging Viruses in Transplantation: There Is More to Infect...
Text sizing:
A
A
A
Transplantation:
27 November 2008 - Volume 86 - Issue 10 - pp 1327-1339
doi: 10.1097/TP.0b013e31818b6548
Editorials and Perspectives: Overview

Emerging Viruses in Transplantation: There Is More to Infection After Transplant Than CMV and EBV

Fischer, Staci A.

Collapse Box

Abstract

Transplant physicians and surgeons are familiar with the risks, clinical behavior, and management of cytomegalovirus in transplant recipients. Donor-transmitted viral infections are uncommon but in recent years have brought to light the clinical manifestations of rabies, West Nile virus, and lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus in the early posttransplant period. Later posttransplant, infection with viruses circulating in the community can occur with a number of pathogens, including some vaccine-preventable illnesses such as measles and mumps. Recent advances in molecular microbiology have made it possible to diagnose a growing number of community-acquired viral pathogens infecting transplant recipients. This article reviews some of the emerging and reemerging viral pathogens infecting solid organ and hematopoietic stem-cell recipients, including adenovirus, bocavirus, coronavirus, human herpesvirus-6, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus, measles, mumps, metapneumovirus, parainfluenza, rotavirus, respiratory syncytial virus, and West Nile virus.

© 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.

You currently do not have access to this article.

You may need to:

Note: If your society membership provides for full-access to this article, you may need to login on your society’s web site first.

Article Tools

You currently do not have access to this article.

You may need to:

Note: If your society membership provides for full-access to this article, you may need to login on your society’s web site first.

Search for Similar Articles
You may search for similar articles that contain these same keywords or you may modify the keyword list to augment your search.