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Persistent human rhinovirus type C infection of the lower respiratory tract in a pediatric cord blood transplant recipient

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Acknowledgements

We wish to thank Rosen Galit, Dana Salzberg, Dorothea Douglas, Kyrie Hospodar, Kristen Beebe, Erin Combs and Kristy Morgan for their valuable support in taking care of this patient. We also wish to thank Christopher Bradley and Spencer Hansen for helpful discussions and Wei-Ming Lee for providing pW10-containing HRV-C sequences and advice on the PCR assay.

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  1. Department of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, USA

    A K Pathak & K E Gustin

  2. Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, USA

    R H Adams

  3. Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, USA

    R H Adams & N C Shah

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Pathak, A., Adams, R., Shah, N. et al. Persistent human rhinovirus type C infection of the lower respiratory tract in a pediatric cord blood transplant recipient. Bone Marrow Transplant 48, 747–748 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2012.226

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