Pet rodents and fatal lymphocytic choriomeningitis in transplant patients

Brian R. Amman; Boris I. Pavlin; Cesar G. Albariño; James A. Comer; Bobbie R. Erickson; Jennifer B. Oliver; Tara K. Sealy; Martin J. Vincent; Stuart T. Nichol; Christopher D. Paddock; Abbigail J. Tumpey; Kent D. Wagoner; R. David Glauer; Kathleen A. Smith; Kim A. Winpisinger; Melody S. Parsely; Phil Wyrick; Christopher H. Hannafin; Utpala Bandy; Sherif Zaki; Pierre E. Rollin; Thomas G. Ksiazek

doi:10.3201/eid1305.061269

Pet rodents and fatal lymphocytic choriomeningitis in transplant patients

Brian R. Amman, Boris I. Pavlin, Cesar G. Albariño, James A. Comer, Bobbie R. Erickson, Jennifer B. Oliver, Tara K. Sealy, Martin J. Vincent, Stuart T. Nichol, Christopher D. Paddock, Abbigail J. Tumpey, Kent D. Wagoner, R. David Glauer, Kathleen A. Smith, Kim A. Winpisinger, Melody S. Parsely, Phil Wyrick, Christopher H. Hannafin, Utpala Bandy, Sherif ZakiPierre E. Rollin, Thomas G. Ksiazek

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In April 2005, 4 transplant recipients became ill after receiving organs infected with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV); 3 subsequently died. All organs came from a donor who had been exposed to a hamster infected with LCMV. The hamster was traced back through a Rhode Island pet store to a distribution center in Ohio, and more LCMV-infected hamsters were discovered in both. Rodents from the Ohio facility and its parent facility in Arkansas were tested for the same LCMV strain as the 1 involved in the transplant-associated deaths. Phylogenetic analysis of virus sequences linked the rodents from the Ohio facility to the Rhode Island pet store, the index hamster, and the transplant recipients. This report details the animal traceback and the supporting laboratory investigations.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	719-725
Number of pages	7
Journal	Emerging infectious diseases
Volume	13
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1305.061269
State	Published - May 2007
Externally published	Yes

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Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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Amman, B. R., Pavlin, B. I., Albariño, C. G., Comer, J. A., Erickson, B. R., Oliver, J. B., Sealy, T. K., Vincent, M. J., Nichol, S. T., Paddock, C. D., Tumpey, A. J., Wagoner, K. D., Glauer, R. D., Smith, K. A., Winpisinger, K. A., Parsely, M. S., Wyrick, P., Hannafin, C. H., Bandy, U., ... Ksiazek, T. G. (2007). Pet rodents and fatal lymphocytic choriomeningitis in transplant patients. Emerging infectious diseases, 13(5), 719-725. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1305.061269

Amman, BR, Pavlin, BI, Albariño, CG, Comer, JA, Erickson, BR, Oliver, JB, Sealy, TK, Vincent, MJ, Nichol, ST, Paddock, CD, Tumpey, AJ, Wagoner, KD, Glauer, RD, Smith, KA, Winpisinger, KA, Parsely, MS, Wyrick, P, Hannafin, CH, Bandy, U, Zaki, S, Rollin, PE & Ksiazek, TG 2007, 'Pet rodents and fatal lymphocytic choriomeningitis in transplant patients', Emerging infectious diseases, vol. 13, no. 5, pp. 719-725. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1305.061269

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