EDITORIAL
Pediatric donor disease transmission: All risks may not be created equal
Grant Paulsen,
Grant Paulsen
Division of Pediatric Infection Diseases, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, USA
Search for more papers by this author Lara Danziger-Isakov,
Lara Danziger-Isakov
Division of Pediatric Infection Diseases, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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Grant Paulsen,
Grant Paulsen
Division of Pediatric Infection Diseases, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, USA
Search for more papers by this author Lara Danziger-Isakov,
Lara Danziger-Isakov
Division of Pediatric Infection Diseases, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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First published: 29 October 2017
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