Were Stolen Body Parts Infected? Implant Patients Say Hepatitis Came From Corpse Tissue

Augusta Chronicle, The › May 02, 2006

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NEW YORK - At least a dozen people who had routine operations claim they caught deadly viruses and other germs from body parts stolen from corpses in a ghoulish scandal that has sent hundreds of people for tests.

The patients tested positive for germs that cause AIDS, hepatitis or syphilis after receiving tissue transplants, according to their lawyers and court records.

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Were Stolen Body Parts Infected? Implant Patients Say Hepatitis Came From Corpse Tissue

Lawsuits have been filed for two Midwestern men, one in Nebraska and one in Ohio. Both claim they caught a hepatitis vir...

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