Saturday, December 7, 2013

Risk of HIV Infection High in Transplanted Kidneys in HIV-Positive Recipients With Undetectable Virus

A new study has found that HIV can infect transplanted kidneys in HIV-positive recipients even in the absence of detectable virus in the blood. The study will be appearing in an upcoming issue of the iJournal of the American Society of Nephrology/i (JASN). The study''s investigators also developed a simple urine test to diagnose such infections. HIV is a common cause of kidney failure, and because of this, approximately 900 HIV-infected patients ...

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