Swine flu has major implications for solid organ transplants: Transplant infectious disease experts provide pandemic guidance
Thursday, December 3, 2009 - 10:07
in Health & Medicine
The global swine flu pandemic has major implications for solid organ transplants, including donor selection and transplant management and care. There are also significant concerns that swine flu could combine with seasonal or bird flu to create a strain with unpredictable virulence. American and Canadian experts have teamed up to provide expert advice on the infection risks to transplants.