Prevalence of Transfusion Transmitted Virus Infection and its Effect on Renal Graft Survival in Renal Transplant Recipients

Abstract

In RTxs, TTV infection was more prevalent than in the normal population. In our patients the virus did not have an important effect on renal graft rejection and did not cause liver injury. However, the question of whether TTV infection may affect graft survival requires further long-term investigation in larger groups.