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Cytomegalovirus in Bone Marrow Cells Correlates with Cytomegalovirus in Peripheral Blood Leukocytes |
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| Authors: | Angela Capobianchi Anna Paola Iori Alessandra Micozzi Giovanni Fernando Torelli Anna Maria Testi Corrado Girmenia Stefania Santilli Walter Barberi Guido Antonelli Robin Foà Giuseppe Gentile |
| Affiliation: | aDepartment of Cellular Biotechnologies and Hematology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy;bDepartment of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy |
| Abstract: | In allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients with bone marrow (BM) suppression, cytomegalovirus (CMV) pp65 antigenemia and DNA were detectable in peripheral blood leukocytes (PBL) and BM cells. A relationship between CMV infection of PBL and BM cells has been found. |
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