@article {4149,
	title = {West Nile virus RNA in tissues from donor associated with transmission to organ transplant recipients.},
	journal = {Emerging infectious diseases//Emerg Infect Dis},
	volume = {19},
	year = {2013},
	month = {2013},
	pages = {1518 - 20},
	address = {United States},
	abstract = {We identified West Nile virus (WNV) RNA in skin, fat, muscle, tendon, and bone marrow from a deceased donor associated with WNV transmission through solid organ transplantation. WNV could not be cultured from the RNA-positive tissues. Further studies are needed to determine if WNV can be transmitted from postmortem tissues.},
	keywords = {*Organ Transplantation, *RNA, Viral, *West Nile Fever/tm [Transmission], *West Nile virus/ge [Genetics], Adult, Humans, Male, Organ Transplantation/ae [Adverse Effects], Polymerase Chain Reaction, Tissue Donors, West Nile Fever/di [Diagnosis]},
	isbn = {1080-6059},
	author = {Blau, Dianna M and Rabe, Ingrid B and Bhatnagar, Julu and Civen, Rachel and Trivedi, Kavita K and Rollin, Dominique and Hocevar, Susan N and Kuehnert, Matthew and Staples, J Erin and Zaki, Sherif R and Fischer, Marc and West Nile Virus Transplant-Associated Transmission Investigation Team}
}
