Prevalence and risk factors for betaherpesvirus DNAemia in children >3 weeks and <2 years of age admitted to a large referral hospital in sub-Saharan Africa

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 423-431

  Tembo, John ^a,b   Kabwe, Mwila ^a   Chilukutu, Lophina ^a   Chilufya, Moses ^a   Mwaanza, Nyaxewo ^a   Chabala, Chishala ^a   Zumla, Alimuddin ^a,c,d   Bates, Matthew ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CMV; HHV 6; HIV; malnutrition; meningitis

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; VIRUS DNA;

AGE; ARTICLE; BABY; BETAHERPESVIRINAE; BOY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SCREENING; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 7; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LETHARGY; LOSS OF APPETITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIXED INFECTION; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERTUSSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RASH; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REINFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SECONDARY INFECTION; TREND STUDY; UNDERWEIGHT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS MENINGITIS; VIRUS REACTIVATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ZAMBIA; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; COMPLICATION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; GENETICS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VIROLOGY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 7, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREVALENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS; THINNESS; VIRAL LOAD; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84922442469     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu853     Document Type: Article

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