Detection of HHV-6 in over a thousand samples: New types of infection revealed by an analysis of positive results

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 20-24

  Revest, Matthieu ^a   Minjolle, Sophie ^a   Veyer, David ^a   Lagathu, Gisèle ^a   Michelet, Christian ^a   Colimon, Ronald ^a  

^a PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Abortion; Digestive ulcerations; Encephalitis; Febrile seizure; HHV 6; Maternal fetal infection

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BIOPSY; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLITIS; CONVULSION; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6 INFECTION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROCONVERSION; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; DNA, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 79953743890     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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