Astrovirus infection in hospitalized infants with severe combined immunodeficiency after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Infants with severe primary combined immunodeficiency (SCID) and children post-allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) are extremely susceptible to unusual infections. The lack of generic tools to detect disease-causing viruses among more than 200 potential human viral pathogens re...

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Main Authors: Werner Wunderli, Astrid Meerbach, Tayfun Güngör, Christoph Berger, Oliver Greiner, Rosmarie Caduff, Alexandra Trkola, Walter Bossart, Daniel Gerlach, Manuel Schibler, Samuel Cordey, Thomas Alexander McKee, Sandra Van Belle, Laurent Kaiser, Caroline Tapparel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3214048?pdf=render