Use of hepatitis C-positive donors in transplantation
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Edson Abdala, Luis Sérgio Fonseca de Azevedo, Silvia Vidal Campos, Marlova Luzzi Caramori, Sı́lvia Figueiredo Costa, Tania Mara Varejão Strabelli, Lı́gia Camera Pierrotti, Glaucia Fernanda Varkulja, Gisele Madeira Duboc de Almeida, Maria Aparecida Shikanai-Yasuda, Comissão de Infecção em Imunodeprimidos, Hospital das Clı́nicas da Faculdade de Medicina da USP I Hospital das Clı́nicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), Liver transplant Service, São Paulo/SP, Brazil. II Hospital das Clı́nicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), Kidney Transplant Unit, Urology Division, São Paulo/SP, Brazil. III Hospital das Clı́nicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP-INCOR), Instituto do Coração Lung Transplant Unit, São Paulo/SP, Brazil. IV Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, São Paulo/SP, Brazil. V Hospital das Clı́nicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP-INCOR), Heart Transplant Area, São Paulo/SP, Brazil. VI Hospital das Clı́nicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Clinical Division of Infectious Diseases, São Paulo/SP, Brazil. VII Hospital das Clı́nicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Infection Control Committee of Instituto Central (HCFMUSP), São Paulo/SP, Brazil. VIII Hospital das Clı́nicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Division of Central Laboratory, (HCFMUSP), São Paulo/SP, Brazil.
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