West Nile virus: the Italian national transplant network reaction to an alert in the north-eastern region, Italy 2011

A Nanni Costa; M R Capobianchi; G Ippolito; G Palù; L Barzon; G Piccolo; B Andreetta; M Filippetti; D Fehily; L Lombardini; P Grossi

West Nile virus: the Italian national transplant network reaction to an alert in the north-eastern region, Italy 2011

Euro Surveill. 2011 Oct 13;16(41):19991.

Authors

A Nanni Costa¹, M R Capobianchi, G Ippolito, G Palù, L Barzon, G Piccolo, B Andreetta, M Filippetti, D Fehily, L Lombardini, P Grossi

Affiliation

¹ National Transplant Centre, Italian National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy. centronazionale.trapianti@iss.it

PMID: 22008198

Abstract

We report four cases of West Nile virus (WNV) transmission following a single multiorgan donation in north-eastern Italy. The transmissions were promptly detected by local transplant centres. The donor had been tested for WNV by nucleic acid amplification test (NAT) prior to transplantation and was negative. There were no detected errors in the nationally implemented WNV safety protocols.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Antibodies, Viral / blood
Delivery of Health Care / organization & administration
Donor Selection / standards
Humans
Italy
Kidney Transplantation / adverse effects*
Microbiological Techniques / standards
Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques / standards
Tissue Donors
West Nile Fever / blood
West Nile Fever / prevention & control
West Nile Fever / transmission*
West Nile Fever / virology
West Nile virus / immunology
West Nile virus / isolation & purification*

Substances

Antibodies, Viral