Infection as a cause of childhood leukemia: virus detection employing whole genome sequencing

• Christoph Bartenhagen,
• Ute Fischer,
• Klaus Korn,
• Stefan M. Pfister,
• Michael Gombert,
• Cai Chen,
• Vera Okpanyi,
• Julia Hauer,
• Anna Rinaldi,
• Jean-Pierre Bourquin,
• Cornelia Eckert,
• Jianda Hu,
• Armin Ensser,
• Martin Dugas,
• Arndt Borkhardt

Affiliations

Christoph Bartenhagen

Institute of Medical Informatics, University of Münster, Germany

Ute Fischer

Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology and Clinical Immunology, University Children’s Hospital, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany

Klaus Korn

Institute for Clinical and Molecular Virology, University Hospital, Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany

Stefan M. Pfister

Division of Pediatric Neurooncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany;Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology & Immunology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany;German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Heidelberg, Germany

Michael Gombert

Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology and Clinical Immunology, University Children’s Hospital, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany

Cai Chen

Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology and Clinical Immunology, University Children’s Hospital, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany;Fujian Institute of Hematology, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, China

Vera Okpanyi

Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology and Clinical Immunology, University Children’s Hospital, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany

Julia Hauer

Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology and Clinical Immunology, University Children’s Hospital, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany

Anna Rinaldi

Pediatric Oncology, University Children’s Hospital Zurich, Switzerland

Jean-Pierre Bourquin

Pediatric Oncology, University Children’s Hospital Zurich, Switzerland

Cornelia Eckert

Department of Pediatrics, Division of Oncology and Hematology, Charité Berlin, Germany

Jianda Hu

Fujian Institute of Hematology, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, China

Armin Ensser

Institute for Clinical and Molecular Virology, University Hospital, Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany

Martin Dugas

Institute of Medical Informatics, University of Münster, Germany

Arndt Borkhardt

Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology and Clinical Immunology, University Children’s Hospital, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany