Five-Year Allograft Survival for Recipients of Kidney Transplants From Hepatitis C Virus Infected vs Uninfected Deceased Donors in the Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapy Era.

Schaubel, Douglas E; Tran, Amelia H; Abt, Peter L; Potluri, Vishnu S; Goldberg, David S; Reese, Peter P · JAMA · 2022

retrospective_cohort · Level III

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Abstract

This cohort study examines the validity of the Kidney Donor Profile Index’s hepatitis C virus (HCV) penalty during the direct-acting antiviral era by comparing 5-year allograft survival between recipients of kidneys from HCV-RNA–positive donors vs HCV-RNA–negative donors.

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