Transplant organ recipients are highly succeptible to infections. A six-year-old girl contracted a herpes virus that turned out to be a life-threatening one after receiving a kidney transplant, while a teenage girl who received a heart transplant recovered from the virus.
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National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) at the
National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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