Adenovirus detection in Guthrie cards from paediatric leukaemia cases and controls.
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.
Vasconcelos
G M
GM
Laboratory for Molecular Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0441, USA.
Kang
M
M
Pombo-de-Oliveira
M S
MS
Schiffman
J D
JD
Lorey
F
F
Buffler
P
P
Wiemels
J L
JL
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*
D004279:DNA, Viral