Detection of hepatitis b virus DNA in the blood of a stem cell donor after granulocyte colony-stimulating factor treatment

Affiliations

• ¹ Cellex Apheresis and Collection Center, MediaPark Klinik, Cologne, Germany.
• ² Department of Haematology, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK.
• ³ Department of Haematology Virology, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK.
• ⁴ Department of Haematology, Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, Truro, UK.
• ⁵ MVZ Labor Dr. Quade & Kollegen, Cologne, Germany.
• ⁶ Institute of Virology, University Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
• ⁷ Institute of Medical Virology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, National Reference Center for Hepatitis B and D Viruses, Biomedical Research Center Seltersberg, Giessen, Germany.
• ⁸ Anthony Nolan, National Donor Registry of the UK, London, UK.
• ⁹ DKMS, German Bone Marrow Donor Registry, Tübingen, Germany.
• ¹⁰ Institute of Virology, University Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany. Jens.Verheyen@uk-essen.de.