Most Kidney Transplants Between People with HIV Have Long-Term Success | NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Most Kidney Transplants Between People with HIV Have Long-Term Success | NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Wednesday, October 2, 2019 Most Kidney Transplants between People with HIV have Long-Term Success Recipients Living with HIV Show No Indication of Secondary Infection with Donor HIV Strain People living with HIV who received kidney transplants from deceased donors with HIV had high rates of overall survival and kidney graft survival after five years, according to an observational study published online today in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study, which incorporated data from transplants beginning in 2008, was a collaboration of researchers from NIAID and the University of Cape Town, South Africa, with joint support from NIH and the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC). The investigators followed 51 study participants with HIV who received kidney transplants from deceased donors with HIV in South Africa.