@article {4149, title = {West Nile virus RNA in tissues from donor associated with transmission to organ transplant recipients.}, journal = {Emerging infectious diseases//Emerg Infect Dis}, volume = {19}, year = {2013}, month = {2013}, pages = {1518 - 20}, address = {United States}, abstract = {We identified West Nile virus (WNV) RNA in skin, fat, muscle, tendon, and bone marrow from a deceased donor associated with WNV transmission through solid organ transplantation. WNV could not be cultured from the RNA-positive tissues. Further studies are needed to determine if WNV can be transmitted from postmortem tissues.}, keywords = {*Organ Transplantation, *RNA, Viral, *West Nile Fever/tm [Transmission], *West Nile virus/ge [Genetics], Adult, Humans, Male, Organ Transplantation/ae [Adverse Effects], Polymerase Chain Reaction, Tissue Donors, West Nile Fever/di [Diagnosis]}, isbn = {1080-6059}, author = {Blau, Dianna M and Rabe, Ingrid B and Bhatnagar, Julu and Civen, Rachel and Trivedi, Kavita K and Rollin, Dominique and Hocevar, Susan N and Kuehnert, Matthew and Staples, J Erin and Zaki, Sherif R and Fischer, Marc and West Nile Virus Transplant-Associated Transmission Investigation Team} }