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Donor gave kidney, plus HIV, to recipient

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    HIV transmission via live organ donation can still happen. To be more specific: It has now happened for the first time since 1989. A person suffering from kidney failure -- who had no known history of sexually transmitted infections, injection drug use or high-risk sexual activity -- was given a kidney, and HIV, in 2009.

    By Tami Dennis, Tribune Health
     

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