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New York Organ Recipient Gets HIV

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First transplant transmission since 1985.

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An organ recipient in New York City has contracted HIV after a kidney transplant—the first transmission via transplant in New York since screening was implemented in 1985. The donor apparently had unprotected sex after the blood test and before the donation. Blood tests are usually done 14 days before donation.

Read it at The Wall Street Journal