Possible patient to patient transmission of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy among kidney-transplant patients

Braz J Infect Dis. 2020 Sep-Oct;24(5):473-474. doi: 10.1016/j.bjid.2020.07.004. Epub 2020 Aug 9.

Authors

Rebecca Lajaunie¹, Catherine Mengelle², Nassim Kamar³, Arnaud Del Bello³

Affiliations

¹ Nephrology and Organ Transplant Department, CHU de Toulouse, Toulouse, France. Electronic address: rebecca.lajaunie@hotmail.fr.
² Department of Virology, CHU de Toulouse, Toulouse, France.
³ Nephrology and Organ Transplant Department, CHU de Toulouse, Toulouse, France; Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France; Centre de Physiopathologie Toulouse-Purpan, Toulouse, France.

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Humans
JC Virus*
Kidney
Kidney Transplantation* / adverse effects
Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal*