Sequence analysis of transplacentally acquired human herpesvirus 6 DNA is consistent with transmission of a chromosomally integrated reactivated virus

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 207, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1585-1589

  Gravel, Annie ^a   Hall, Caroline Breese ^c   Flamand, Louis ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

chromosomally integrated human herpesvirus 6; congenital infection; human herpesvirus; transplacental infection

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GB GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; INFANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENES, VIRAL; GLYCOPROTEINS; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRAL LOAD; VIRUS INTEGRATION;

EID: 84876525140     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jit060     Document Type: Article

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