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World J Transplant. Feb 24, 2017; 7(1): 57-63
Published online Feb 24, 2017. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v7.i1.57
Published online Feb 24, 2017. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v7.i1.57
Dengue in renal transplant recipients: Clinical course and impact on renal function
Paula Frassinetti Castelo Branco Camurça Fernandes, Evelyne Santana Girão, Márcia Uchoa Mota, Leyla Castelo Branco Fernandes Marques, Silvana Cristina Albuquerque Andrade, Wilson Mendes Barroso, Sônia Leite Silva, Bruno Gomes Rodrigues dos Santos, Claúdia Maria Costa de Oliveira, Kidney Transplant Unit, Hospital Universitário Walter Cantídio, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE 60430-370, Brazil
Paula Frassinetti Castelo Branco Camurça Fernandes, Wilson Mendes Barroso, Department of Nephrology of Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE 60430-370, Brazil
Reed André Siqueira, Rainne André Siqueira, Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE 60430-370, Brazil
Author contributions: Fernandes PFCBC, Girão ES and de Oliveira CMC study conception and design; Siqueira RA, Siqueira RA, Mota MU, Marques LCBF, Andrade SCA, Barroso WM and Silva SL contributed to acquisition of data; Fernandes PFCBC, Girão ES, Siqueira RA, Siqueira RA and de Oliveira CMC contributed to analysis and interpretation of data; Siqueira RA, Siqueira RA, Girão ES, Fernandes PFCBC, Rodrigues dos Santos BG and de Oliveira CMC contributed to drafting of manuscript; Fernandes PFCBC, Girão ES, Rodrigues dos Santos BG and de Oliveira CMC contributed to critical revision.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by Hospital Universitário Walter Cantídio/Universidade Federal do Ceará.
Informed consent statement: As the data collected was anonymous and retrospective, the Institutional Board waived it from this research.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors report no any conflicts of interest. This study is the result of our daily work in the HUWC renal transplant ward and received no funding whatsoever.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
Correspondence to: Bruno Gomes Rodrigues dos Santos, MD, Kidney Transplant Unit, Universitário Walter Cantídio, Hospital Universidade Federal do Ceará, Rua Capitão Francisco Pedro, 1290 - Rodolfo Teófilo, Fortaleza, CE 60430-370, Brazil. bgomesantos@hotmail.com
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Received: July 29, 2016
Peer-review started: July 31, 2016
First decision: September 2, 2016
Revised: October 21, 2016
Accepted: January 11, 2017
Article in press: January 13, 2017
Published online: February 24, 2017
Processing time: 207 Days and 10.3 Hours
Peer-review started: July 31, 2016
First decision: September 2, 2016
Revised: October 21, 2016
Accepted: January 11, 2017
Article in press: January 13, 2017
Published online: February 24, 2017
Processing time: 207 Days and 10.3 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: Dengue is a viral arthropod-borne disease transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus Aedes, mainly Aedes aegypti. The kidney is the most transplanted solid organ in the world with approximately 79000 transplants performed annually. Data are lacking on the clinical presentation of dengue in renal transplant recipients. We retrospectively evaluated 11 renal transplant recipients with dengue infection confirmed by laboratory test, between January 2007 to July 2012, transplanted in the Renal Transplant Center of a tertiary hospital in northeast Brazil.