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  1. Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Nicolaus Copernicus University Torun, Collegium Medicum, Bydgoszcz, Poland

    J Styczynski

  2. EBMT Data Office, Leiden, The Netherlands

    J Hoek & N Knelange

  3. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Health Sciences, University of Genova, Ospedale Policlinco San Martino, Genova, Italy

    M Mikulska

  4. Department of Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Policlinico G.B. Rossi, Verona, Italy

    S Cesaro

  5. Department of Oncology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    M Aljurf

  6. Department of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Medical University, Poznan, Poland

    L Gil

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Styczynski, J., Hoek, J., Knelange, N. et al. No report on Zika virus infection in EBMT registry: Infectious Diseases Working Party statement. Bone Marrow Transplant 52, 1345–1346 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2017.145

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