Reactivation of Herpesvirus Type 6 in Children Receiving Bone Marrow Transplants for Leukemia
- 28 February 1991
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 324 (9) , 634-635
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199102283240915
Abstract
Human herpesvirus Type 6 (herpesvirus 6) has been isolated from peripheral-blood mononuclear cells of the liver1 and kidney2 of transplant recipients. However, the clinical importance of infection with this virus after organ transplantation is unknown.Keywords
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