Frequency of chromosomally-integrated human herpesvirus 6 in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

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Published in PLoS One on December 26, 2013

Authors

Annie Gravel1, Daniel Sinnett2, Louis Flamand3

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunity, CHU de Quebec Research Center, Quebec, Canada.
2: Centre de recherche, Service d'hématologie-oncologie, CHU Sainte-Justine, Département de pédiatrie, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
3: Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunity, CHU de Quebec Research Center, Quebec, Canada ; Department of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Laval University, Quebec, Quebec, Canada.

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