Abstract
The survival benefit of kidney transplantation for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is well established. However, the demand for kidney donor organs greatly exceeds the current supply. The use of hepatitis C infected donors could increase the number of kidneys available for transplantation. The use of highly effective second-generation direct acting antivirals (DAAs) has been recently studied for the prevention of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in kidney transplant recipients who are HCV negative and receive HCV infected kidney allografts.
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