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Optimizing virus protection in lung transplant recipients: Don’t drop the ball

Date:

08/15/2021

Citation:

Meyer KC, Avery RK. Optimizing virus protection in lung transplant recipients: Don't drop the ball. Am J Transplant. 2021 Aug;21(8):2633-2634. doi: 10.1111/ajt.16609. Epub 2021 May 1. PMID: 33866667; PMCID: PMC8250728.

Abstract

Meyer and Avery comment on the implications of a study by Hostetler et al. (page 2864), in which screening of a large group of lung transplant candidates revealed that some lacked humoral immunity to measles, mumps, and varicella, especially younger patients and those with cystic fibrosis.

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33866667/