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  1. Division of Tumor Virology, German Cancer Research Center, Im Neuenheimer Feld 242, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    Jörg R. Schlehofer & Sabine Poltermann

  2. Robert Koch Institut, P14 Molekulare Genetik und Epidemiologie von Herpesviren, Berlin, Germany

    Bernhard Ehlers & Nezlisah Yasmum

  3. Unit of Environmental Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany

    Sabine Poltermann & Brigitte Schlehofer

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Schlehofer, J.R., Ehlers, B., Poltermann, S. et al. Response from authors RE: “Lack of association of herpesviruses with brain tumors”. Journal of NeuroVirology 13, 86–87 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1080/13550280601164341

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