Differentiating inherited human herpesvirus type 6 genome from primary human herpesvirus type 6 infection by means of dried blood spot from the newborn screening card

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 859-861

  Strenger, Volker ^a   Pfurtscheller, Klaus ^a   Wendelin, Gerald ^a   Aberle, Stephan W ^b   Nacheva, Elisabeth P ^c   Zöhrer, Bettina ^a   Zenz, Werner ^a   Nagel, Bert ^a   Zobel, Gerfried ^a   Popow Kraupp, Therese ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; CSF; FISH; Fluorescent in situ hybridization; HHV 6; Human herpesvirus type 6; iHHV 6; Inherited human herpesvirus type 6; Magnetic resonance imaging; MRI; PCR; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFTRIAXONE; FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; METOPROLOL; VALPROIC ACID; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DOSAGE; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; INHERITED HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; NEWBORN SCREENING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PETIT MAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS GENOME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, VIRAL; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; FEMALE; GENOME, VIRAL; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 80054767711     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2011.06.032     Document Type: Article

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