ArticleEmerging infectious diseases2014
Encephalitis caused by pathogens transmitted through organ transplants, United States, 2002-2013.
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- Viral meningoencephalitis in pediatric solid organ or hematopoietic cell transplant recipients: a diagnostic and therapeutic approach.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2024Review
- Cryptococcus transmission through solid organ transplantation in the United States: A report from the Ad Hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Committee.American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2021Article
- Clinical Spectrum of West Nile Virus Neuroinvasive Disease.The Neurohospitalist · 2020Article
- Transmission of Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus From an Organ Donor to 3 Transplant Recipients.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2019Article
- Utilisation of Chimeric Lyssaviruses to Assess Vaccine Protection against Highly Divergent Lyssaviruses.Viruses · 2018Article
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- The history of rabies in the Western Hemisphere.Antiviral research · 2017Article
- Brain-Eating Amoebae: Predilection Sites in the Brain and Disease Outcome.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2017Review
- Probable Rabies Virus Transmission through Organ Transplantation, China, 2015.Emerging infectious diseases · 2016Article
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- The neurology of solid organ transplantation.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2015Review
- Risk factors for West Nile virus infection and disease in populations and individuals.Expert review of anti-infective therapy · 2015Review
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Abstract
The cause of encephalitis among solid organ transplant recipients may be multifactorial; the disease can result from infectious or noninfectious etiologies. During 2002-2013, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention investigated several encephalitis clusters among transplant recipients. Cases were caused by infections from transplant-transmitted pathogens: West Nile virus, rabies virus, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus, and Balamuthia mandrillaris amebae. In many of the clusters, identification of the cause was complicated by delayed diagnosis due to the rarity of the disease, geographic distance separating transplant recipients, and lack of prompt recognition and reporting systems. Establishment of surveillance systems to detect illness among organ recipients, including communication among transplant center physicians, organ procurement organizations, and public health authorities, may enable the rapid discovery and investigation of infectious encephalitis clusters. These transplant-transmitted pathogen clusters highlight the need for greater awareness among clinicians, pathologists, and public health workers, of emerging infectious agents causing encephalitis among organ recipients.
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