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See also: Hepatitis and HIV
Overview
- MELD and the Waiting List for Liver Transplant (Regularly Updated)
From California Pacific Medical Center - Surviving AIDS, and Beyond (December 1, 2003)
[Archived Article]
An interview with Dr. Robert Zackin, an HIV researcher and the first HIV-infected individual to receive a heart transplant.
In AIDS Clinical Care - Hepatitis C and Liver Transplantation (January 2003)
[Archived Article]
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From HCV Advocate - My New Liver (October 2002)
[Archived Article]
Activist Larry Kramer, coinfected with HIV and hepatitis B, talks about his liver transplant.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis - Is Liver Transplant an Option? (Summer 2002)
[Archived Article]
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In ACRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America - Adult-to-Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation (March 2002)
[Archived Article]
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From HCV Advocate
News and Viewpoints
- New Life-Saver for HIV Patients: Transplants (October 21, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Medical Marijuana Users Denied Organ Transplants (May 19, 2008)
In The Wall Street Journal - Four Transplant Recipients Contract HIV, Hepatitis C From High-Risk Organ Donor (November 14, 2007)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Italy: World's First Lung Transplant on HIV Patient Performed (May 29, 2007)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - U.S. Advances on Organ Transplant Access for HIV-Positive People (November 4, 2005)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - California Law Prohibits Transplant Surgery Denial Based on HIV Status (October 11, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Kidney, Liver Transplant Study for People With HIV (February 28, 2005)
[Archived Article]
A study of liver and kidney transplants for persons with HIV, at 19 U.S. transplant centers, is open to new patients.
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News - NIAID Forms Clinical Consortium to Improve Success of Organ Transplants (September 13, 2004)
The alliance spans three sites, one each in Boston, Cleveland and Philadelphia.
From U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Illinois House Passes Bill to Allow HIV-Positive Residents to Donate Organs to People Living With HIV (March 15, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Liver Transplants Safe, Successful in Otherwise Healthy HIV Patients (February 11, 2004)
[Archived Article]
In The 11th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, from The Body PRO - U.S. Hospitals Coming Around on Transplants for HIV Patients (June 30, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - U.S. AIDS Research Needs Tissue Donations (November 22, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News - We Must Have Presumed Consent (October 2002)
[Archived Article]
It's the only way to increase the number of organ donors in the U.S., activist Larry Kramer says.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
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