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An inquiry into the deaths of three transplant patients who died from a mouse borne disease contained in organs they received has called for better monitoring of transplant patients.
The inquiry into the deaths of Karen Wilkinson, 44, Carmelina Sirianni, 63, and Gurpal Sandhu, 64, in 2007 found that the lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus was the underlying cause in the deaths of the women, who days earlier had received donor organs from Jovo Vranjesevic following his death from a stroke in late 2006.
Vranjesevic contracted the virus while on a trip to Serbia. He died 12 days after returning to Melbourne, though he did not die from the virus.
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis is a rodent-borne virus that can cause meningitis and encephalitis in humans. It's primary host is the common house mouse. Infection can occur after contact with mouse urine, droppings, saliva or nesting materials.
