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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-3-6
pubmed:abstractText
Xenotransplantation is considered to be a solution for the human donor shortage. However, there is a potential risk of transmitting animal infections from the transplanted organ. The known transmissibility and clinical significance of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection after allotransplantation led us to evaluate whether baboon cytomegalovirus (BCMV) transmission could occur after a baboon-to-human liver xenotransplant. We examined serial blood samples from a baboon liver recipient and isolated replication-competent CMV-like agents on days 29, 36, and 42 after xenotransplantation. BCMV and HCMV DNAs were detected in the day 29 isolate, while only HCMV DNA was detected in the other isolates. This is the first report of detecting a replication-competent virus from a source animal after xenotransplantation and is a concern with regard to potential zoonotic transmission to others.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0022-538X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
75
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2825-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11222707-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:11222707-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11222707-Antiviral Agents, pubmed-meshheading:11222707-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11222707-Cytomegalovirus, pubmed-meshheading:11222707-Cytomegalovirus Infections, pubmed-meshheading:11222707-DNA, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:11222707-Ganciclovir, pubmed-meshheading:11222707-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11222707-Liver Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:11222707-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11222707-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:11222707-Monkey Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:11222707-Papio, pubmed-meshheading:11222707-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:11222707-Sequence Analysis, DNA, pubmed-meshheading:11222707-Transplantation, Heterologous, pubmed-meshheading:11222707-Virus Replication, pubmed-meshheading:11222707-Zoonoses
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Detection of infectious baboon cytomegalovirus after baboon-to-human liver xenotransplantation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Case Reports