First Onset Herpesviral Infection and Lung Injury in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation.

CONCLUSIONS: First onset herpesviral infection within 100 days post allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant increases risk of pulmonary complications. Experimentally reactivating murine roseolovirus causes organ injury similar to phenotypes seen in human transplant recipients.
PMID: 30742492 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Respiratory Care - February 11, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Zhou X, O'Dwyer DN, Xia M, Miller HK, Chan PR, Trulik K, Chadwick MM, Hoffman TC, Bulte C, Sekerak K, Wilke CA, Patel SJ, Yokoyama WM, Murray S, Yanik GA, Moore BB Tags: Am J Respir Crit Care Med Source Type: research