Human herpesvirus-6 viral load and antibody titer in serum samples of patients with multiple sclerosis

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 247-251

  Behzad Behbahani, Abbas ^a   Mikaeili, Mohammad Hadi ^b   Entezam, Mona ^c   Mojiri, Anahita ^c   Pour, Gholamreza Yousefi ^b   Arasteh, Mohammad Mehdi ^b   Rahsaz, Marjan ^c   Banihashemi, Mehrzad ^c   Khadang, Baharak ^c   Moaddeb, Afsaneh ^b   Nematollahi, Zahra ^b   Azarpira, Negar ^c  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

DELISA; HHV 6; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

BETA1 INTERFERON; BETA1A INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELAPSE; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DNA, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 79959568900     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: 19959133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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