BRIEF COMMUNICATIONOrgans from deceased donors with false-positive HIV screening tests: An unexpected benefit of the HOPE act
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KEYWORDS
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
clinical research
clinical trial
donors and donation: donor evaluation
infection and infectious agents—viral: human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
infectious disease
law
legislation
organ allocation
organ procurement organization
organ transplantation in general
practice
Abbreviations
Ab
antibody
BMI
body mass index
DRAI
Donor Risk Assessment Interview
FDA
US Food and Drug Administration
HBV
hepatitis B
HCV
hepatitis C
HOPE
HIV Organ Policy Equity
IRD
infectious risk donor
NAT
nucleic acid test
OPO
organ procurement organization
OPTN
Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network
qPCR
quantitative polymerase chain reaction
TMA
transcription-mediated amplification
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Andrew D. Redd and Dorry L. Segev contributed equally to the manuscript.
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