The "New Caledonia COVID-19 Paradox": Dramatic Indirect Impact of the Pandemic on Organ Donation and Transplantation in a Nonprevalence Country

Affiliations

• ¹ Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
• ² Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
• ³ RESIR, Réseau de l'Insuffisance Rénale en Nouvelle Calédonie, Nouméa, New Caledonia.
• ⁴ Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
• ⁵ William J. von Liebig Center for Transplantation and Clinical Regeneration, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
• ⁶ Microbiology Laboratory, Centre Hospitalier Territorial Gaston-Bourret, Dumbéa, New Caledonia.
• ⁷ Intensive Care Unit, Centre Hospitalier Territorial Gaston-Bourret, Dumbéa, New Caledonia.
• ⁸ Department of Blood Transfusion, Centre Hospitalier Territorial Gaston-Bourret, Dumbéa, New Caledonia.
• ⁹ Central Clinical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia.
• ¹⁰ Department of Surgery, Westmead Hospital, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
• ¹¹ Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Institute of Academic Surgery, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
• ¹² Department of Renal Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
• ¹³ Charles Perkins Centre Kidney Node, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.