Transmission of chromosomally integrated human herpesvirsus 6 (HHV-6) variant A from a parent to children leading to misdiagnosis of active HHV-6 infection

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 503-506

  Mori, T ^a   Tanaka Taya, K ^b   Satoh, H ^b   Aisa, Y ^a   Yamazaki, R ^a   Kato, J ^a   Ikeda, Y ^a   Okamoto, S ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromosomally integrated HHV 6; Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; HHV 6 variant A; Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV 6); Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CYCLOSPORIN; FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TOXICITY; CASE REPORT; CHEEK MUCOSA; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HAIR FOLLICLE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; MALE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DNA, VIRAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; PARENTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS; SIBLINGS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; VIRUS INTEGRATION;

EID: 71149118711     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2009.00430.x     Document Type: Article

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