A new Arenavirus is responsible for deaths of three transplant recipients in Australia
Scientists have identified a new virus which was responsible for the deaths of three transplant recipients who received organs from a single donor in Victoria, Australia. The previously unknown virus (a new Arenavirus, related to the rodent virus lymphocytic choreomeningitis virus, LCMV), was discovered using rapid sequencing technology at Columbia University with support from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Normally, LCMV is harmless to humans, but has been implicated in a small number of cases of disease transmission by organ transplantation. The newly discovered virus is sufficiently different that it could not be detected using existing screening methods.
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