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Active Epstein-Barr virus infection after allogeneic stem cell transplantation: re-infection or reactivation?
Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society - 1 Mar 2005
Meijer E, Spijkers S, Moschatsis S, Boland G J, Thijsen S F T, van Loon A M, Verdonck L F
Abstract excerpt
Recipients of allogeneic stem cell transplants (SCT) often show active Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection, which may progress to EBV-associated lymphoproliferative disorders. It is not known whether these EBV infections are true reactivations of the endogenous EBV strain or re-infections with an exogenous EBV strain. Fifty-three recipients of matched related or matched unrelated donor grafts were studied. EBV...
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