Affiliation: | 1. Department of Pediatrics, The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA;2. The Comprehensive Center for Sickle Cell Disease, Children''s Hospital Medical Center, Birmingham, Ala. USA;3. Department of Pediatrics, The University of Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham, Ala. USA;4. Department of Microbiology, The University of Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham, Ala. USA;5. The Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham, Ala. USA;6. Memphis, Tenn. USA |