Sergei Nekhai, PhD^*, Altreisha Foster^*, Min Xu, MD^*, Xiaomei Niu, MD^*, Jamie Rotimi^* and Victor R. Gordeuk, MD

Center for Sickle Cell Disease, Howard University, Washington, DC

Jonathan Lambourne, MD, BA, MRCP^1*, Dan Agranoff, PhD, FRCP^2*, Aby Buchbinder, MD³, Peter F Troke, PhD^4*, Raoul Herbrecht, MD⁵, Jodi Lindsay, BSc, MSc, PhD^1* and Thomas Harrison, MD, MPH, FRCP^1*

¹Centre for Infection, Division of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, St George's University London, London, United Kingdom
²Department of Infectious Diseases & Immunity, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
³Enzon Pharmaceuticals Inc., Bridgewater, NJ
⁴Global Research & Development, Pfizer Inc. (Retired), Sandwich, United Kingdom
⁵Oncology and Hematology, Hopital de Hautepierre, Strasbourg Cedex, France

Michele Spina, MD¹, Andrea Antinori^2*, Valentina Neri^2*, Giuseppe Rossi^3*, Alessandro Re^3*, Bernardino Allione^4*, Emanuela Chimienti^1*, Renato Talamini^5* and Umberto Tirelli^1*

¹Medical Oncology, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, IRCCS, Aviano, Italy
²Ospedale L. Spallanzani, Roma, Italy
³Department of Hematology, Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
⁴Ospedale Civile, Alessandria, Italy
⁵Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, IRCCS, Aviano, Italy

Michele Spina, MD¹, Cecilia Simonelli^1*, Emanuela Vaccher^1*, Ulrich Jaeger, MD², Joseph Sparano, MD³, Renato Talamini^4* and Umberto Tirelli^1*

¹Medical Oncology, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, IRCCS, Aviano, Italy
²Department of Internal Medicine I, Division of Hematology and Hemostaseology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
³Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein Cancer Center, Bronx, NY
⁴Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, IRCCS, Aviano, Italy

Christine Landlinger^1*, Lenka Baskova^1*, Sandra Preuner^1*, Martine Van Grotel, MD², Nico G. Hartwig^2*, Marry M. van den Heuvel-Eibrink^2* and Thomas Lion^1*

¹Division of Molecular Microbiology and Development of Genetic Diagnostics, Children's Cancer Research Institute, Vienna, Austria, Vienna, Austria
²Ped. Onc., Eramus MC - Sophia Children's Hosp., Rotterdam, ZH, Netherlands

Marta Stanzani^1*, Mauro Fiacchini^2*, Fabio Tumietto^3*, Pierluigi Viale^4*, Michele Baccarani⁵ and Nicola Vianelli^2*

¹Hematology, Institute of Haematology and Clinical Oncology “Lorenzo e Ariosto Serągnoli”, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bolog, Bologna, Italy
²Hematology, Hematology, Institute of Haematology and Clinical Oncology “Lorenzo e Ariosto Serągnoli”, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
³Hematology, Division of Infectious Diseases, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
⁴Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medical and Morphological Research, Medical School, University of Udine, Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medical and Morphological Research, Medical School, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
⁵Department of Hematology and Oncological Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Tomohiro Kozako, PhD^1*, Makoto Yoshimitsu, MD², Masaki Akimoto, MD, PhD^2*, Kakushi Matsushita, MD, PhD^2*, Yohann White, MD^3*, Shingo Toji^4*, Shuji Izumo, MD, PhD^3*, Shunro Sonoda, MD, PhD^5* and Naomichi Arima, MD, PhD³

¹Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan
²Hem. and Immunology, Kagoshima University Hosp., Kagoshima, Japan
³Center for Chronic Viral Diseases, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
⁴Medical and Biological Laboratories, Nagoya, Japan
⁵Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan

Yoji Sasahara¹, Miguel A de la Fuente^2*, Narayanaswamy Ramesh^2*, Shigeru Tsuchiya^1* and Raif S Geha^2*

¹Department of Pediatrics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
²Division of Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Hong Yen Ng, B.Sc(Pharm)(Hons), BCOP^1*, Gee Chuan Wong, MBBS, MRCP, FRCP², Vin Cci Ng, B.Sc(Pharm)(Hons)^1*, Mun Yee Tham, B.Sc(Pharm)(Hons)^1*, Rachel Ong, B.Sc(Pharm)(Hons)^1* and Ching Hui Lim, B.Sc(Pharm), BCOP^1*

¹Pharmacy, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
²Hematology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore

Satoshi Okada, MD, PhD^1*, Teruyuki Kajiume, MD, PhD^1*, Miyuki Tsumura, MSc^1*, Kenichiro Shirao, MD^1*, Yoshinori Ohno, MSc^2*, Shin'ichiro Yasunaga, MD, PhD^2*, Motoaki Ohtsubo, PhD^2*, Mostafa Mofamed Sira^3*, Hirokazu Kanegane, MD, PhD^3*, Toshio Miyawaki, MD, PhD^3*, Yoshihiro Takihara, MD, PhD² and Masao Kobayashi, MD, PhD¹

¹Pediatrics, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
²Dept. of Stem Cell Biology, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
³Pediatrics, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan

Genoveffa Franchini, MD¹, Risaku Fukumoto^1*, Vibeke Andresen^1*, Izabela Bialuk^1*, Valentina Cecchinato^1*, Jean Claude Walser^2*, Valerio William Valeri^1*, Julie M Nauroth^3*, Antoine Gessain^4* and Christophe Nicot^1*

¹Animal Models & Ret. Vaccines, NIH, Bethesda, MD
²Section on Genomic Structure & Function, Laboratory of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Bethesda, MD
³Martek Biosciences Corporation, Columbia, MD
⁴Unite d'Epidemiologie et Physiopathologie des Virus Oncogenes, Paris, France

Kenneth VI Rolston, MD^1*, Scott A McConnell, PharmD^2*, Jack Brown, PharmD^3* and Kenneth C Lamp, PharmD^2*

¹Dept. of Infectious Diseases, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
²Cubist, Lexington, MA
³SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY