A member asked:

If i need a transplant and my donor tested positive for covid, will i get covid as well?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

COVID 19: Live donor? I don't think that a donor kidney would be removed from someone who is actively fighting a COVID 10 infection. However, if someone has recovered from COVID 19 with antibiody development, I am not aware that would present a problem. The antibodies don't cause an infection.

Answered 8/16/2020

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