Measles, Mumps, Rubella, and Varicella Zoster Virus Serology and Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients During the First Year Posttransplantation.
Omid RezahosseiniSøren Schwartz SørensenMichael PerchChristina EkenbergDina Leth MøllerAndreas Dehlbæk KnudsenNikolai KirkbyJens D LundgrenIsabelle P LoddingNeval Ete WarehamFinn GustafssonAllan RasmussenSusanne Dam NielsenPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2022)
A large proportion of SOT recipients were seronegative for at least 1 of the MMRV viruses. MMRV infections in SOT recipients may disseminate and become fatal, and although only a few cases of VZV infection were detected, results from this study suggest increase attention toward vaccination of patients waiting for SOT.