The Hepatitis C Virus "Penalty": Is Removing Donor Hepatitis C Status From the Kidney Donor Profile Index Calculation Enough?

Transplantation. 2024 Oct 1;108(10):e338-e339. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000005130. Epub 2024 Sep 25.

Authors

Kathryn M Tiger¹, James D Perkins^{2

3}, Catherine E Kling^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
² Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
³ Clinical and Bio-Analytics Transplant Laboratory (CBATL), University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

PMID: 39320455
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0000000000005130

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Donor Selection* / standards
Hepacivirus* / isolation & purification
Hepatitis C* / diagnosis
Humans
Kidney Transplantation* / adverse effects
Risk Factors
Tissue Donors / supply & distribution