@article {1352,
	title = {Bone tissue, lyophilized and stored at room temperature for 15 days or more, is not capable of transmitting HIV, HCV or HBV},
	journal = {Cell and tissue banking},
	year = {2010},
	note = {Cell Tissue Bank. 2010 Apr 2.},
	month = {37347},
	edition = {40271},
	abstract = {Over the past 57 years, 17 recipients of frozen bone have been infected with: HIV (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Morb Mortal Wkly Rep MMWR 37(39):597-599, 1988; Li et al. in J Formos Med Assoc 100(5):350-351, 2001; Simonds et al. in NEJM 326(11):726-732, 1992; Schratt et al. in Unfallchirurg 99(9):679-684, 1996); HCV (Eggen and Nordbo in NEJM 326(6):411, 1992; Conrad et al. in J Bone Joint Surg Am 77:214-224, 1995; Trotter in J Bone Joint Surg Am 851(11):2215-2217, 2003; Tugwell et al. in Ann of Internal Med 143(9):648-654, 2005); or HBV (Shutkin in J Bone Joint Surg Am 36:160-162, 1954). However, bone, lyophilized and stored at room temperature, has never transmitted these viral diseases. A literature review was undertaken to determine whether there is any evidence that lyophilized bone is capable of transmitting HIV, HCV and HBV.},
	issn = {1573-6814 (Electronic) 1389-9333 (Linking)},
	doi = {10.1007/s10561-010-9173-9},
	author = {Salvucci,J. T.}
}
