Peifang Xiao, Jiaoyang Cai, Ju Gao, Wei Gao, Xianmin Guan, Alex Wing Kwan Leung, Yiying He, Yong Zhuang, Jinhua Chu, Xiaowen Zhai, Benquan Qi, Aiguo Liu, Liangchun Yang, Jiashi Zhu, Zheng Li, Xin Tian, Yao Xue, Li Hao, Xuedong Wu, Fen Zhou, Lingzhen Wang, Jingyan Tang, Shuhong Shen, Shaoyan Hu
BACKGROUND AND METHODS: The study evaluated prognostic factors associated with varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infection and mortality in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) using data from the multicenter Chinese Children's Cancer Group ALL-2015 trial. RESULTS: In total, 7,640 patients were recruited, and 138 cases of VZV infection were identified. The incidence of VZV infection was higher in patients aged ≥ 10 years (22.5%) and in patients with the E2A/PBX1 fusion gene (11...
2022: Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology