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Prevalence of chromosomally integrated HHV-6 in patients with malignant disease and healthy donors in the Czech Republic

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The work is supported by grant of Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic NS-9907.

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  1. Department of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine of Charles University and Motol University Hospital, V Uvalu 84, Prague 5, CZ 150 06, Czech Republic

    Petr Hubacek, Alena Hrdlickova, Katerina Muzikova & Petr Sedlacek

  2. Department of Clinical Haematology, 3rd Faculty of Medicine of Charles University and University Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady, Prague, Czech Republic

    Martin Spacek

  3. Department of Medical Microbiology, Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic

    Petr Hubacek & Miroslav Zajac

  4. Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, U nemocnice 1, Prague, Czech Republic

    Petr Cetkovsky

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Hubacek, P., Hrdlickova, A., Spacek, M. et al. Prevalence of chromosomally integrated HHV-6 in patients with malignant disease and healthy donors in the Czech Republic. Folia Microbiol 58, 87–90 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12223-012-0180-z

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