Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 14, Issue 12 , Pages 1348-1355 , December 2008

Molecular Characterization of Strains of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Identified in a Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Outpatient Unit Over 2 Years: Community or Nosocomial Infection?

  • Adriana F. Machado

      Affiliations

    • Virology Laboratory (LIM52-HCFMUSP), Institute of Tropical Medicine and Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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  • Maria Anice M. Sallum

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Public Health, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Lucy S. Vilas Boas

      Affiliations

    • Virology Laboratory (LIM52-HCFMUSP), Institute of Tropical Medicine and Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
    • BMT Program, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Adriana F. Tateno

      Affiliations

    • Virology Laboratory (LIM52-HCFMUSP), Institute of Tropical Medicine and Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Clarisse M. Machado

      Affiliations

    • Virology Laboratory (LIM52-HCFMUSP), Institute of Tropical Medicine and Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence and reprint requests: Clarisse M. Machado, MD, Av. Dr. Eneas de Carvalho Aguiar, 470, 05403-000 Sao Paulo SP Brazil.

Received 27 May 2008 ,Accepted 14 September 2008.

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 Financial disclosure: See Acknowledgments on page 1354.

PII: S1083-8791(08)00403-5

doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2008.09.012

Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 14, Issue 12 , Pages 1348-1355 , December 2008

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