Organ Transplants & HIV/AIDS
The Basics
- MELD and the Waiting List for Liver Transplant (Regularly Updated)
From California Pacific Medical Center
- Organ Transplants: Promising News for Positive People (May/June 2004)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- 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
- Liver Transplants: What You Need to Know (August 2003)
[Archived Article]
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In WISE Words, from Project Inform
- 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
- Organ Transplantation (August 2001)
[Archived Article]
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In Project Inform Perspective, from Project Inform
- Getting on the List: Persons With HIV Struggle for Transplant Access (August 2000)
[Archived Article]
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
News and Viewpoints
- Organ Transplants (November/December 2011)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Taiwan University Hospital: Five Recipients of HIV-Positive Organs Test HIV-Negative (September 30, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Surgeons Object to New CDC Organ-Screening Guidelines (September 26, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Organ Donors to Be Screened for Infections by New Test (September 22, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Taiwan: Task Force Head Resigns Over HIV-Positive Organ Transplants (September 2, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Taiwan Hospitals Fined Over HIV Organ Transplants (August 31, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Taiwan Hospital Transplants Five HIV-Infected Organs (August 30, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Will Resume Live-Donor Liver and Kidney Transplants (July 15, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Pennsylvania: Kidney Infected With Hepatitis C Shuts Down University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Program (May 18, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- A New Push to Let HIV Patients Accept Organs That Are Infected (April 18, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Transplant Patient Got AIDS From New Kidney (March 18, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- New York: Organ Recipient Gets HIV (March 17, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- 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
- First-Ever Organ Transplant Between HIV-Positive People (October 31, 2008)
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
- California: HIV Organ Transplant Bill Sent to Governor Schwarzenegger (September 13, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- The Phoenix Rises Again: "One Man's Story" Continues a Year After His Liver Transplant (May/June 2005)
George Martinez was only the second HIV-positive person in Chicago to receive a liver transplant. "It's like I'm a new person," he says.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- 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
- Waiting for a Transplant: One Man's Story (May/June 2004)
For George S. Martinez, who has had hepatitis B since 1969 and HIV since 1987, the wait for a new liver has been a long one.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- 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 TheBodyPRO.com
- 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
- Texas: Body Parts Are Recalled (August 7, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- New Orleans: Tulane OKs Transplants for HIV Patients (March 7, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- HIV Patients Get Fresh Hopes for Donor Organs (December 11, 2001)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Progress in AIDS Fight Leading to a Growing Number of Transplants for HIV-Positive Patients (December 2001)
[Archived Article]
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Boston AIDS Activist Must Wait for Liver Transplant (August 20, 2001)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Boston AIDS Activist Cleared for Liver Transplant (August 8, 2001)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- AIDS Patients on List for Organ Transplants (June 18, 2001)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Organ Transplants: One Million Dollars for Research (July 2, 1999)
[Archived Article]
From AIDS Treatment News
- Organ Transplants: Interview With Jeff Getty, on Ending the Exclusion of People With HIV (February 6, 1998)
[Archived Article]
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
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