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CDC recommends more donor testing after first documented U.S. case of HIV transmission from a live organ donor in more than two decades

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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704360404576206922883043568.html
MARCH 18, 2011

CDC Urges New HIV Testing for Donors

By LAURA LANDRO

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending hospitals test living donors for the virus that causes AIDS no more than seven days before their organs are removed and transplanted, following the first documented U.S. case of HIV transmission from a live organ donor in more than two decades.....
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