Transplant Recipient Contracts AIDS

A patient who has received a kidney from a live donor has contracted HIV. This is the first documented case for the United States since HIV screenings began. According to officials, the donor contracted the virus between the 11 weeks fron when he was tested to the actual transplant. Since the CDC does not have an explicit policy about when infectious screenings should take place, the donor is not in the wrong. Both donor and recipient learned of the virus about a year after the surgery. Then the recipient developed AIDS because they were on immune depressants. This has been an extrememly rare incident and will hopefully never happen again.

AP. "New York Man Contracts AIDS Through Live Donor Kidney Transplant." Top News & Analysis, US, World, Sports, Celebrity & Weird News. Aol.com, 17 Mar. 2011. Web. 17 Mar. 2011. .