Human herpesvirus-6 infection in neonates: Not protected by only humoral immunity

Pediatrics International

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 281-285

  Sugimoto, Tomoko ^a,b   Tanaka Taya, Keiko ^b,c   Ono, Jiro ^a,b,d   Miyoshi, Hiroko ^b   Okada, Shintaro ^b   Yamanishi, Koichi ^b  

^a TOYONAKA MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^d WAKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Exanthem subitum; Human herpesvirus 6; Humoral immunity; Neonate

Indexed keywords

MATERNAL ANTIBODY; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EXANTHEM SUBITUM; FEVER; HERPES; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 7; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SERUM; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIBODY FORMATION; EXANTHEMA SUBITUM; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 0036311454     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-200X.2002.01562.x     Document Type: Article

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