Cytomegalovirus-specific CD8+ T-cells are associated with a reduced incidence of early relapse after allogeneic stem cell transplantation

• Pavankumar Reddy Varanasi,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Hematology, Hemostasis, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

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• Justyna Ogonek,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Hematology, Hemostasis, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

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• Susanne Luther,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Hematology, Hemostasis, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

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• Elke Dammann,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Hematology, Hemostasis, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

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• Michael Stadler,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Hematology, Hemostasis, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

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• Arnold Ganser,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Hematology, Hemostasis, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

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• Sylvia Borchers,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Hematology, Hemostasis, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, RHEACELL GmbH & Co. KG, Heidelberg, Germany

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• Lothar Hambach,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Hematology, Hemostasis, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

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• Eva M. Weissinger

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mischak-weissinger.eva@mh-hannover.de

  Affiliation Department of Hematology, Hemostasis, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5678-3775

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