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ArticleEmerging infectious diseases2025

Donor-Derived Ehrlichiosis Caused by Ehrlichia chaffeensis from Living Donor Kidney Transplant.

Michael J Scolarici, Daniel Kuehler, Rebecca Osborn, Annie Doyle, Elizabeth K Schiffman, Alex Garvin, Julian A Villalba, Carmen J Ramos, Christopher D Paddock, Pallavi D Annambhotla and 6 more

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Article in Emerging infectious diseases, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Transmission of Ehrlichia chaffeensis From an Organ Donor to a Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Recipient.Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Michael J Scolarici
Daniel Kuehler
Rebecca Osborn
Annie Doyle
Elizabeth K Schiffman
Alex Garvin
Julian A Villalba
Carmen J Ramos
Christopher D Paddock
Pallavi D Annambhotla
Marissa Taylor
Johanna S Salzer
Christopher Saddler
Carrie Thiessen
Raja Kandaswamy
Jon Odorico

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tickborne infections are challenging to diagnose, particularly among solid organ transplant recipients. We report a US case of donor-derived ehrlichiosis from a living kidney donation that highlights how screening for living donors may miss tickborne infections. Clinicians should consider the epidemiology of the donor when screening donations and evaluating recipients for donor-derived infection.

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Ehrlichia chaffeensisEhrlichiosisKidney TransplantationLiving DonorsHumansbacteriadonor-derived infectionEhrlichia chaffeensisliving donorMinnesotasolid organ transplantUnited Statesvector-borne infectionsWisconsin

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PMID40023815
PMCPMC11878297

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