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First transmission of HIV by a living donor transplant

New York hospital name has not transpired yet, but the case. A patient who have transplanted a kidney from a living donor has contracted HIV because the person who extracted the body was infected. It is the first recorded case of transmission by this route since the 80's, which were approved controls to prevent these infections.

As reported by a Health Department spokesman in New York to "The Wall Street Journal, the hospital continued to all controls and established protocols to ensure the safety of organs." Apparently, what has happened is that the donor had sex without protection after he was made the necessary tests to see if he was fit to donate and before he extracted the kidney.

Current guidelines recommend that donors be analyzed to see if they have HIV or hepatitis viruses B or C about two weeks before the donation. Furthermore, they performed a comprehensive questionnaire to determine if risk behaviors remain or have been recently in prison, among other issues.

appears that within these 14 days (between the evidence given 'suitable' and seprodujo surgery) the donor became infected with HIV in any risk and consequently also the recipient of the kidney. Transmission occurred in 2009 but the New York health officials have been aware of it recently and have begun to alert other hospitals to take precautions.

"It's a very unfortunate event, but extremely rare", recognizes ELMUNDO.es Rafael Matesanz, director of the National Transplant Organization (ONT), which states that "Spain has never happened." According

Matesanz "within two weeks between the tests and the donation is reasonable. The only danger is that the donor, at this time is in the window period, when they are infected but the virus is not detected blood, and tests can not detect who is HIV positive. But to counter this risk, questionnaires on their behavior, that in case of doubt, the court can rule. "

Although not used as a consolation, Matesanz states that "the prognosis of the recipient need not be bad, because although it must take HIV treatment for life, does not have to reject your new kidney."

At other times, very little Frequently, there have been cases of HIV transmission through organ transplants, but it was always dead donors and unlike this case. It happened in Chicago in 2007 and Italy in the same year, but this time was for a medical error.