title: Adenovirus detection in Guthrie cards from paediatric leukaemia cases and controls.
abstract: Archived neonatal blood cards (Guthrie cards) from children who later contracted leukaemia and matched normal controls were assayed for adenovirus (AdV) C DNA content using two highly sensitive methods. In contrast to a previous report, AdV DNA was not detected at a higher frequency among neonates who later developed leukaemia, when compared with controls.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Molecular Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0441, USA.
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Vasconcelos
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Pombo-de-Oliveira
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Schiffman
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lorey
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Buffler
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Wiemels
mesh_terms: D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000257:Adenoviridae Infections / Q000097:blood* / Q000821:virology; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000097:blood* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000821:virology*
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral