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Transmission of chromosomally integrated human herpes virus-6A via haploidentical stem cell transplantation poses a risk for virus reactivation and associated complications

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L.O. and A.K. are participants in the BIH‐Charité Clinician Scientist Program funded by the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Berliner Institut für Gesundheitsforschung (BIH). This work was supported by a grant to L.O. from Bild Hilft e.V. – Ein Herz für Kinder and by the HHV-6 Foundation, who provided the anti-gp82/105 antibody. The anti-IE-1 antibody was kindly provided by L. Flamand and colleagues from the Laval University (Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada). We thank Kathy Astrahantseff for proofreading of the manuscript.

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Oevermann, L., Zimmermann, C., Voigt, S. et al. Transmission of chromosomally integrated human herpes virus-6A via haploidentical stem cell transplantation poses a risk for virus reactivation and associated complications. Bone Marrow Transplant 55, 260–264 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41409-019-0530-4

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