A population-based study of primary human herpesvirus 6 infection

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 352, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 768-776

  Zerr, Danielle M ^a,c   Meier, Amalia S ^b,d   Selke, Stacy S ^d   Frenkel, Lisa M ^a,b,c   Huang, Meei Li ^d   Wald, Anna ^b   Rhoads, Margaret P ^c   Nguy, Long ^d   Bornemann, Rena ^c   Morrow, Rhoda Ashley ^b   Corey, Lawrence ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DNA VIRUS; EXANTHEMA SUBITUM; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HERPES; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PHYSICIAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALIVA; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BLOOD; FEVER; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, VIRAL; EXANTHEMA SUBITUM; FEMALE; FEVER; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS; SALIVA; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 13844315270     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa042207     Document Type: Article

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