Greninger, Alexander L. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7443-0527
Knudsen, Giselle M.
Roychoudhury, Pavitra
Hanson, Derek J.
Sedlak, Ruth Hall
Xie, Hong
Guan, Jon
Nguyen, Thuy
Peddu, Vikas
Boeckh, Michael
Huang, Meei-Li
Cook, Linda
Depledge, Daniel P.
Zerr, Danielle M.
Koelle, David M.
Gantt, Soren
Yoshikawa, Tetsushi
Caserta, Mary
Hill, Joshua A.
Jerome, Keith R.
Article History
Received: 27 November 2017
Accepted: 13 March 2018
First Online: 20 March 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Isolates from New York were originally obtained as part of IRB approved epidemiology and pathogenesis studies [CitationRef removed,CitationRef removed,CitationRef removed,CitationRef removed]. For this study, de-identified isolates and accompanying clinical information were shipped to the University of Washington and the protocol was approved by the University of Rochester Institutional Review Board with a waiver of consent. The Japanese specimens were collected during routine pediatric visits. Informed oral consent was obtained from parent or guardian of all child participants on their behalf and documented in the medical record. The use of oral consent and the samples was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Fujita Health University (No. 14-096). Use of the saliva samples from infants in a birth cohort study [CitationRef removed] collected in Kampala, Uganda and obtained from Dr. Soren Gantt was approved by Institutional Review Boards at the University of Washington, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, the University of British Columbia, Makerere University, and the Ugandan National Council for Science and Technology. The University of Washington Institutional Review Board approved use of the iciHHV-6 specimens from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and use of anonymized excess HHV-6-positive samples submitted for testing at the University of Washington Virology lab. All samples were anonymized prior to analysis.
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