Cytomegalovirus Viral Load Continues to Predict Poor Outcomes in Adults and Children Despite Improved Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Success
CMV viral load continued to be a strong predictor for CMV disease. With improved transplantation techniques, the association of viral load with overall and nonrelapse mortality is diminished, but the effect was still present in patients with severe immunosuppression.
Authors
- Joshua A. Hill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7665-7100)
- Keith R. Jerome (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8212-3789)
- Hu Xie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0556-6591)
- Elizabeth R. Duke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3348-9039)
- Alicja Sadowska‐Klasa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7752-5839)
- Danniel Zamora (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1318-2902)
- Margaret L. Green (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5591-0779)
- Michael Boeckh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1538-7984)
- Alpana Waghmare (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2268-9470)
- Wendy M. Leisenring (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7405-0906)
- Brenda M. Sandmaier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9767-9739)
- Masumi Ueda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2277-1976)
Institutions
- Cape Town HVTN Immunology Laboratory / Hutchinson Centre Research Institute of South Africa (ZA)
- University of Washington (US)
- VA Palo Alto Health Care System (US)
- Fred Hutch Cancer Center (US)
- Seattle Children's Hospital (US)
- Gdańsk Medical University (PL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-09-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaf612
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.71
Funders
- Gdański Uniwersytet Medyczny
- Narodowa Agencja Wymiany Akademickiej
- National Institutes of Health
- National Cancer Institute