Powassan Virus Infection Likely Acquired Through Blood Transfusion Presenting as Encephalitis in a Kidney Transplant Recipient
Lindsay Taylor, Taryn Condon, Eric Destrampe, Jennifer A. Brown, Jeanette McGavic, Carolyn V. Gould, Trudy V. Chambers, Olga I. Kosoy, Kristen L. Burkhalter, Pallavi Annambhotla, Sridhar V. Basavaraju, Jamel A. Groves, Rebecca Osborn, John Weiss, Susan L. Stramer, Elizabeth Ann Misch
Abstract
A kidney transplant patient without known tick exposure developed encephalitis 3 weeks after transplantation. During the transplant hospitalization, the patient had received a blood transfusion from an asymptomatic donor later discovered to have been infected with Powassan virus. Here, we describe a probable instance of transfusion-transmitted Powassan virus infection.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineKidney transplantEncephalitisBlood transfusionRenal transplantVirusVirologyImmunologyKidney transplantationIntensive care medicineKidneyInternal medicineMosquito-borne diseases and controlViral Infections and VectorsVector-Borne Animal Diseases