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Late HBV reactivation after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, despite long-term prophylaxis

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This paper was supported by Centro di ricerca sulle Cellule staminali emopoietiche e le terapie cellulari-Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy.

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  1. Patrizia Chiusolo and Maurizio Pompili equally contributed.

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  1. Sezione Di Ematologia, Dipartimento Di Scienze Radiologiche Ed Ematologiche, Facoltà Di Medicina E Chirurgia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

    Marcello Viscovo, Filippo Frioni & Claudio Pellegrino

  2. Dipartimento Di Diagnostica Per Immagini, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Radioterapia Oncologica Ed Ematologia, Rome, Italy

    Elisabetta Metafuni, Sabrina Giammarco, Simona Sica & Patrizia Chiusolo

  3. Sezione Di Ematologia, Dipartimento Di Scienze Radiologiche Ed Ematologiche, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

    Simona Sica & Patrizia Chiusolo

  4. Dipartimento Di Scienze Mediche E Chirurgiche, Facoltà Di Medicina E Chirurgia, Fondazione Policlinico Gemelli, Universitario “A. Gemelli” IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, “Agostino Gemelli”, Largo A. Gemelli, 8, 00168, Rome, Italy

    Francesco Santopaolo & Maurizio Pompili

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Contributions

All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Data collection and analysis were performed by Marcello Viscovo, Francesco Santopaolo, Filippo Frioni, and Claudio Pellegrino. Elisabetta Metafuni, Sabrina Giammarco, Simona Sica, Patrizia Chiusolo, and Maurizio Pompili followed the patient. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Marcello Viscovo and Elisabetta Metafuni, and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki, and ethical approval for this study was obtained from the Ethics Committee of Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli IRCCS (prot.0030921/20; July 23, 2020).

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Viscovo, M., Metafuni, E., Giammarco, S. et al. Late HBV reactivation after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, despite long-term prophylaxis. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 42, 1543–1545 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-023-04685-8

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