Journal of Infection
Volume 60, Issue 4 , Pages 257-263 , April 2010

2009 H1N1 influenza infection in cancer patients and hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients

  • Gil Redelman-Sidi

      Affiliations

    • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Ave, New York, NY 10065, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 212 639 7810; fax: +1 646 422 2124.
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  • Kent A. Sepkowitz

      Affiliations

    • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Ave, New York, NY 10065, USA
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  • Chiung Kang Huang

      Affiliations

    • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Ave, New York, NY 10065, USA
    • ,
  • Steven Park

      Affiliations

    • Public Health Research Institute, New Jersey Medical School-UMDNJ, Newark, NJ, USA
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  • Jeffrey Stiles

      Affiliations

    • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Ave, New York, NY 10065, USA
    • ,
  • Janet Eagan

      Affiliations

    • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Ave, New York, NY 10065, USA
    • ,
  • David S. Perlin

      Affiliations

    • Public Health Research Institute, New Jersey Medical School-UMDNJ, Newark, NJ, USA
    • ,
  • Eric G. Pamer

      Affiliations

    • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Ave, New York, NY 10065, USA
    • ,
  • Mini Kamboj

      Affiliations

    • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Ave, New York, NY 10065, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 212 639 8873; fax: +1 646 422 2124.

,Accepted 28 January 2010.

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☆ Presented in a different form as a late-breaker oral abstract at the 47th Annual Meeting of IDSA, Philadelphia, PA, October 29–November 1, 2009.

PII: S0163-4453(10)00036-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2010.01.009

Journal of Infection
Volume 60, Issue 4 , Pages 257-263 , April 2010

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