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Published: December 19, 2009
Parasite transfers in organ transplant
By The Associated Press
JACKSON, Miss. — An extremely rare infection has been passed from an organ donor to at least one recipient in what is thought to be the first human-to-human transfer of the amoeba, medical officials said Friday.

Four people in three states received organs from a patient who died at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in November after suffering from neurological problems, said Dave Daigle , a spokes...

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