Relationship between pre-existing anti-varicella zoster virus (VZV) antibody and clinical VZV reactivation in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation recipients Running title: pre-existing anti-VZV and VZV reactivation after HSCT
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Running title: pre-existing anti-VZV and VZV reactivation after HSCT Masahiro Onozawa, Satoshi Hashino, Mutsumi Takahata, Fumie Fujisawa, Takahito Kawamura, Masao Nakagawa, Kaoru Kahata, Takeshi Kondo, Shuichi Ota, Junji Tanaka, Masahiro Imamura and Masahiro Asaka Department of Gastroenterology and Hematology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan Department of Hematology and Oncology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
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