Human herpesvirus 6 chromosomal integration in immunocompetent patients results in high levels of viral DNA in blood, sera, and hair follicles

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1571-1574

  Ward, Katherine N ^a   Leong, Hoe Nam ^a   Nacheva, Elisabeth P ^b   Howard, Julie ^b   Atkinson, Claire E ^a   Davies, Nicholas W S ^c   Griffiths, Paul D ^a   Clark, Duncan A ^a,d  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^d BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIREMIA; VIRUS DNA CELL DNA INTERACTION; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VIRAL LOAD; VIRUS INTEGRATION;

DNA VIRUSES; HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6;

EID: 33645930035     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.4.1571-1574.2006     Document Type: Article

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