Predominant human herpesvirus 6 variant A infant infections in an HIV-1 endemic region of sub-Saharan Africa

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 779-789

  Bates, Matthew ^a   Monze, Mwaka ^b   Bima, Humphrey ^b   Kapambwe, Mirriam ^b   Clark, David ^a   Kasolo, Francis C ^b,c   Gompels, Ursula A ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

^c WHO Regional Office for Africa   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Emergent infections; Exanthema subitum; Herpesvirus recombination; HHV 6A; HHV 6B; HIV AIDS; Multiple sclerosis; Virus gene variation

Indexed keywords

DNA; VIRUS DNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ARTICLE; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SCREENING; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEVER; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HOSPITALIZED INFANT; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6A; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; EXANTHEMA SUBITUM; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; ZAMBIA;

HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 65649085575     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21455     Document Type: Article

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