Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology (Oct 2021)

Donor-Derived Human Parvovirus B19 Infection in Kidney Transplantation

  • Yedong Yu,
  • Chunchun Wei,
  • Chunchun Wei,
  • Chunchun Wei,
  • Chunchun Wei,
  • Chunchun Wei,
  • Junhao Lyu,
  • Junhao Lyu,
  • Junhao Lyu,
  • Junhao Lyu,
  • Junhao Lyu,
  • Xiaoliang Wu,
  • Rending Wang,
  • Rending Wang,
  • Rending Wang,
  • Rending Wang,
  • Rending Wang,
  • Hongfeng Huang,
  • Hongfeng Huang,
  • Hongfeng Huang,
  • Hongfeng Huang,
  • Hongfeng Huang,
  • Jianyong Wu,
  • Jianyong Wu,
  • Jianyong Wu,
  • Jianyong Wu,
  • Jianyong Wu,
  • Jianghua Chen,
  • Jianghua Chen,
  • Jianghua Chen,
  • Jianghua Chen,
  • Jianghua Chen,
  • Wenhan Peng,
  • Wenhan Peng,
  • Wenhan Peng,
  • Wenhan Peng,
  • Wenhan Peng

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2021.753970
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11

Abstract

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BackgroundDonor-derived human parvovirus B19 (B19V) infections are rarely reported. Thus, its incidence in kidney transplantation is still unknown due to lack of surveillance studies. Similarly, whether the donor needs to be routinely screened for B19V and whether the kidneys from those with B19V DNAemia could be accepted also remain unknown.MethodsThis retrospective study aims to evaluate the donor-derived B19V infections occurring in 823 living and 1,225 deceased donor kidney transplantations from January 2016 to December 2020. The serum viral load of living donors and their corresponding recipients was evaluated before and after transplantation. Meanwhile, for the deceased donor kidney transplantation, the serum viral load of recipients was only tested after transplantation; if recipients of a deceased donor subsequently developed B19V infection, the serum viral load of recipients and their corresponding donors before transplantation would then be further traced.ResultsA total of 15 living donors were B19V DNAemia positive before the donation, of which B19V DNAemia occurred in three corresponding recipients. In deceased donor kidney transplantation, DNAemia occurred simultaneously in 18 recipients and their corresponding nine donors. A progressive decline in hemoglobin and reticulocyte count could be observed in one living donor recipient and other 11 deceased donor recipients, which were all well controlled by treatment eventually.ConclusionThe incidence of donor-derived B19V infection was 0.4% and 1.5% in living and deceased kidney transplantations, respectively. B19V was seemingly unnecessary to be routinely screened for the donor. Moreover, kidneys of the donors with B19V infection were acceptable.

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