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This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant number 17K10104. The authors would like to thank Enago (www.enago.jp) for the English language review and Ms. Yūka Miyajima for assistance with preparing the manuscript.
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Shigemura, T., Nakazawa, Y., Yoshikawa, T. et al. Severe acyclovir-resistant herpes simplex virus 1 infection following cord blood transplantation. Int J Hematol 108, 237–238 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12185-018-2480-9
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