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Prevalence of HHV‐6 integrated chromosomally among children treated for acute lymphoblastic or myeloid leukemia in the Czech Republic
23 Dec 2008
Abstract excerpt
Chromosomal integration of human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) is a novel situation found in a small percentage of individuals. While active HHV-6 infection is treatable using antivirals, the abnormally high level of HHV-6 DNA found in chromosomal integration of HHV-6 (CI-HHV-6) is not affected by such drugs. Stored DNA samples taken originally for detection of fusion genes and minimal residual disease from 339 pediatric...
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