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Description of an adenovirus A31 outbreak in a paediatric haematology unit.
Bone marrow transplantation - 1 Jul 2006
Leruez-Ville M, Chardin-Ouachée M, Neven B, Picard C, Le Guinche I, Fischer A, Rouzioux C, Blanche S
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Adenovirus infections result in significant morbidity and mortality in allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplanted (hSCT) children. Adenovirus from species C and B account for more than 90% of adenoviruses recovered after hSCT. However, infections due to adenovirus A31 have been increasingly reported in recent years. Between April 2002 and April 2005, blood samples obtained every 2 weeks from 58 hSCT...
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