Record number:
947
Adverse Occurrence type:
MPHO Type:
Time to detection:
8 months
Alerting signals, symptoms, evidence of occurrence:
Positive NAT; asymptomatic; diagnosis made when organ recipients and donor of tissue found to be infected with hepatitis C virus
Demonstration of imputability or root cause:
Donor positive by NAT; strains in the donor, two kidney recipients, and tissue recipient were 99.7-100% similar by genetic sequencing; a liver recipient had been previously infected and had different sequences
Imputability grade:
3 Definite/Certain/Proven
References:
Suggest references:
Transmission of hepatitis C virus through transplanted organs and tissue--Kentucky and Massachusetts, 2011