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Monitoring EBV DNA in saliva for early diagnosis of EBV reactivation in solid tumour patients after allogeneic haematopoietic SCT

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We are indebted to the staff at the Centre for Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation, and we thank the Departments of Haematology and Paediatrics for their compassionate and competent patient care.

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  1. Division of Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden

    A Mollbrink & L Barkholt

  2. Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Stockholm, Sweden

    K I Falk & A Linde

  3. Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Stockholm, Sweden

    K I Falk & A Linde

  4. Centre for Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

    L Barkholt

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Mollbrink, A., Falk, K., Linde, A. et al. Monitoring EBV DNA in saliva for early diagnosis of EBV reactivation in solid tumour patients after allogeneic haematopoietic SCT. Bone Marrow Transplant 44, 259–261 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2009.5

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