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Donated Kidney Contained HIV

Donated Kidney Contained HIV

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A kidney transplant recipient in New York City has been diagnosed with AIDS two years after undergoing a live organ transplant procedure, making it the first time a person has contracted HIV, which caused the recent AIDS diagnosis, from a live transplant in the United States since the 1980s.

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