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Bone Marrow Transplantation volume 29, pages 629–630 (2002)Cite this article

This response to the letter by Miall et al (Bone Marrow Transplantation 2002; 29:6 541–542) was inadvertently omitted from the last issue of Bone Marrow Transplantation.

The report by Miall et al describes an interesting case of human parainfluenza type 4 virus (hPIV4) infection provoking many questions regarding the role of this virus as the causative agent of respiratory tract infections in the post-transplant setting. These issues involve the frequency and clinical severity of the hPIV4 disease as well as the need for rapid virological diagnostics in patients undergoing BMT.

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  1. Department of Medicine, Divisions of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, Turku University Central Hospital, Turku, Finland

    U Hohenthal, J Nikoskelainen, R Peltonen, M Itälä & P Kotilainen

  2. Department of Virology, Turku University, Turku, Finland

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  3. Department of Surgery, Turku University Central Hospital, Turku, Finland

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Hohenthal, U., Nikoskelainen, J., Vainionpää, R. et al. Response from Dr Hohenthal. Bone Marrow Transplant 29, 629–630 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bmt.1703403

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